Investigation of ossification in the posterior longitudinal ligament using micro-focus X-ray CT scanning and histological examination

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fukutake, Katsunori ^a   Ishiwatari, Takao ^b   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuaki ^a   Okubo, Yoichiro ^b   Shinozaki, Minoru ^b   Tochigi, Naobumi ^b   Wakayama, Megumi ^b   Nemoto, Tetsuo ^b   Shibuya, Kazutoshi ^b,c   Wada, Akihito ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanisms of ossification; Micro focus X ray CT; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84947783369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13000-015-0440-8     Document Type: Article

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