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Nagata, K., Sato, K. (2006). Diagnostic Imaging of Cervical 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_19

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