Thoracic ossification of the human ligamentum flavum: histopathological and immunohistochemical findings around the ossified lesion

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Takafumi Yayama · University of Fukui

Kenzo Uchida · Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Shigeru Kobayashi · Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Yasuo Kokubo · Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Ryuichiro Sato · Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Hideaki Nakajima · Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Takaharu Takamura

Abstract

Histopathologically, the progress of calcification and ossification was closely associated with the degeneration of elastic fibers and with significant expression of BMP-2, TGFbeta, and VEGF in the ossification front.

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Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

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Published in: Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 184-193

DOI: 10.3171/spi-07/08/184

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Thoracic ossification of the human ligamentum flavum: histopathological and immunohistochemical findings around the ossified lesion

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