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Overview of Recent Basic Researches on OPLL and OLF

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Although extensive basic and clinical researches have been conducted regarding ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) and ossification of ligamentum flavum (OLF), their etiology still remains unclear. However, recently, several breakthroughs in basic researches especially on genetics, biomarkers, stem cells, etc., have taken place. In this chapter, the updates of basic researches are reviewed by frontrunner researchers and the brief summary of these researches is described in this article.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

    Morio Matsumoto

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Atsushi Okawa

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Morio Matsumoto

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

    Motoki Iwasaki

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyama University Hospital, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan

    Yoshiharu Kawaguchi

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Matsumoto, M. (2020). Overview of Recent Basic Researches on OPLL and OLF. In: Okawa, A., Matsumoto, M., Iwasaki, M., Kawaguchi, Y. (eds) OPLL. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3855-1_5

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