Hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum in lumbar spine stenosis associated with the increased expression of connective tissue growth factor

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1592-1597

  Zhong, Zhao Ming ^a   Zha, Ding Sheng ^a   Xiao, Wen De ^a   Wu, Song Hui ^a   Wu, Qian ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Liu, Fu Qiang ^a   Chen, Jian Ting ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

connective tissue growth factor; fibrosis; hypertrophy; ligamentum flavum; lumbar spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM HYPERTROPHY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 80051549814     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21431     Document Type: Article

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