Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine: An 11-year comprehensive national epidemiology study

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Jau Ching ^a   Liu, Laura ^b   Chen, Yu Chun ^a,c   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidence; National health insurance; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952215550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.FOCUS10268     Document Type: Article

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