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Direction of the formation of anterior lumbar vertebral osteophytes

BACKGROUND: X-ray images of lumbar degenerative diseases often show not only claw osteophytes, but also pairs of osteophytes that form in a direction away from the adjacent disc. We have investigated the direction of the formation of anterior lumbar vertebral osteophytes across the lumbar vertebrae...

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Autores principales: Kasai, Yuichi, Kawakita, Eiji, Sakakibara, Toshihiko, Akeda, Koji, Uchida, Atsumasa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-4