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Shinomiya, K., Matsuoka, T., Kurosa, Y., Shindo, S., Nakai, O., Takahashi, M. (2006). Anterior Cervical Decompression for Cervical Myelopathy 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_29
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