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Hematoma of the ligamentum flavum in the thoracic spine: report of two cases and possible role of the transforming growth factor beta-vascular endothelial growth factor signaling axis in its pathogenesis

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This paper was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (no. 23592192) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.

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    Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Ryuta Imamura, Yuko Okada, Katsumi Harimaya, Toshio Doi, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Seiji Okada & Yukihide Iwamoto

  2. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Yuko Okada, Seiji Okada, Yuichi Yamada & Yoshinao Oda

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Matsumoto, Y., Fujiwara, T., Imamura, R. et al. Hematoma of the ligamentum flavum in the thoracic spine: report of two cases and possible role of the transforming growth factor beta-vascular endothelial growth factor signaling axis in its pathogenesis. J Orthop Sci 18, 347–354 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0150-3

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