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Decreased elastic fibers and increased proteoglycans in the ligamentum flavum of patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis |
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| Authors: | Yutaka Yabe Yoshihiro Hagiwara Masahiro Tsuchiya Masahito Honda Kouki Hatori Kazuaki Sonofuchi Kenji Kanazawa Masashi Koide Takuya Sekiguchi Nobuyuki Itaya Eiji Itoi |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;2. Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Japan;3. Department of Otrhopaedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan;4. Division of Advanced Prosthetic Dentistry, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
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| Keywords: | lumbar spinal canal stenosis ligamentum flavum thickening elastogenesis proteoglycans |