Spinal cord compression revealing fluorosis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-93

  Hafsa, Chiraz ^a   Zaghouani, Houneida ^a   Kriaa, Soulef ^a   Salem, Randa ^a   Omezzine, Saida Jerbi ^a   Golli, Mondher ^a   Touzi, Mongi ^a   Berguaoui, Naceur ^a   Gannouni, Amor ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Fluorosis; Imaging; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORIDE POISONING; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37649018350     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.04.016     Document Type: Letter

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