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Calcium pyrophosphate deposition within the ligamenta flava at L2, L3, L4, and L5

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Affiliated with The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Jacqueline C. Hodge M.D. & Bernard Ghelman M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, The Hospital For Special Surgery, Affiliated with The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Edward F. DiCarlo M.D.

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Affiliated with The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Frank P. Cammisa Jr. M.D.

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Hodge, J.C., Ghelman, B., DiCarlo, E.F. et al. Calcium pyrophosphate deposition within the ligamenta flava at L2, L3, L4, and L5. Skeletal Radiol. 24, 64–66 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02425954

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