Prevalence of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-474

  Kim, Tae Jong ^a,b   Bae, Kang Woo ^a   Uhm, Wan Sik ^a   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Joo, Kyung Bin ^a   Jun, Jae Bum ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS TYPE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS; JAPANESE; KOREA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LOCALIZED POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED TYPE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; SEGMENTAL TYPE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 46649089136     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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