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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2026

Increased scleraxis expression is associated with ligamentum flavum hypertrophy in patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis.

Kiyotaka Nagashima, Ken Kumagai, Kimi Ishikawa, Yohei Ito, Takuma Naka, Hyonmin Choe, Hiroyuki Ike, Naomi Kobayashi, Yutaka Inaba

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kiyotaka NagashimaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Ken KumagaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan. kumagai@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
Kimi IshikawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Yohei ItoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Takuma NakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Hyonmin ChoeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Hiroyuki IkeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Naomi KobayashiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Yutaka InabaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.

Funding

JSPS KAKENHI JP 21K09305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

FibrosisLigamentum flavum hypertrophyLumbar spinal canal stenosisMyofibroblastScleraxis

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PMID41436675

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