A large-scale genetic association study of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine
β Scribed by Taizo Horikoshi; Koichi Maeda; Yoshiharu Kawaguchi; Kazuhiro Chiba; Kanji Mori; Yu Koshizuka; Shigeru Hirabayashi; Kazuhito Sugimori; Morio Matsumoto; Hiroshi Kawaguchi; Makoto Takahashi; Hisashi Inoue; Tomoatsu Kimura; Yoshitaka Matsusue; Itsuro Inoue; Hisatoshi Baba; Kozo Nakamura; Shiro Ikegawa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 119
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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