Thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum caused by skeletal fluorosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1119-1128

  Wang, Wenbao ^a,b   Kong, Linghua ^a   Zhao, Heyuan ^a   Dong, Ronghua ^a   Li, Jianjiang ^a   Jia, Zhanhua ^a   Ji, Ning ^a   Deng, Shucai ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Operation; Ossification of ligamentum flavum; Skeletal fluorosis; Thoracic spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148995454     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0242-5     Document Type: Article

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