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Hashizume, Y., Kameyama, T., Mizuno, J., Nakagawa, H., Yanagi, T., Yoshida, M. (2006). Pathology of Spinal Cord Lesions Caused by Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament. In: Yonenobu, K., Nakamura, K., Toyama, Y. (eds) OPLL. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-32563-5_11
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