OPLL: Disease entity, incidence, literature search, and prognosis

OPLL: Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-17

  Matsunaga, Shunji ^a   Sakou, Takashi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sakou Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

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EID: 43549117006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-32563-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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