Radiological Significance of Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy in the Occurrence of Redundant Nerve Roots of Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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Hur, Junseok W.
(Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Hur, Junho K. (Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology) Kwon, Taek-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Park, Youn Kwan (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Chung, Hung Seob (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Joo Han (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) |
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