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This report presents three cases of dorsal spinal stenosis due to thickened laminar arches and facet joints demonstrated by computerized tomography.
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Yamamoto, I., Kageyama, N., Nakamura, K. et al. Computerized tomography in dorsal spinal stenosis. Acta neurochir 53, 161–167 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02074788
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