Hypertrophic change of facet joint in the cervical spine

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Morishit, Koichiro ^a   Kasai, Yuichi ^a,b   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Facet joint; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE HYPERTROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39349085404     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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