Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine: Etiology and natural history

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Matsunaga, Shunji ^a   Sakou, Takashi ^a  

^a Imakiire General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

natural course of OPLL; Ossifi cation of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); pathogenetic gene; prevalence of OPLL

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6; NUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

ASIAN; CALCIFICATION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; JAPANESE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84857916354     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318241ad33     Document Type: Review

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