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Abstract
Outgrowth of immature bony processes or bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE) from the VERTEBRAE, reflecting the presence of degenerative disease and calcification. It commonly occurs in cervical and lumbar SPONDYLOSIS.
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- Osteophytosis, Spinal
- Osteophytoses, Spinal
- Spinal Osteophytoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with specific vertebra
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1965
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Spinal Osteophytosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013128. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013128
- Spinal Osteophytosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55082435