Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine in 3161 Patients: A CT-Based Study

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages E394-E403

  Fujimori, Takahito ^a,b,c   Le, Hai ^b   Hu, Serena S ^b   Chin, Cynthia ^b   Pekmezci, Murat ^d   Schairer, William ^b   Tay, Bobby K ^b   Hamasaki, Toshimitsu ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; CT; ossification; posterior longitudinal ligament; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION OF THE NUCHAL LIGAMENT OF THE CERVICAL SPINE; OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OF THE CERVICAL SPINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; CALIFORNIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGAMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947616538     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000791     Document Type: Article

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