The thickness of the ligamentum flavum in relation to age and gender

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Safak, Alp Alper ^a   Is, Merih ^a   Sevinc, Ozdemir ^b   Barut, Cagatay ^c   Eryoruk, Nesrin ^d   Erdogmus, Besir ^a   Dosoglu, Murat ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Yigilca Cottage Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ligamentum flavum; Lumbar spine surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249100142     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20883     Document Type: Article

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