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The X-ray examination of 704 spinal cord injured patients have showed that in 20 per cent of the cases para-articular ossifications were present most frequently in the hips. They were less frequently found in non-traumatic and incomplete cases. No other clear relationship was found.
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Hernandez, A., Forner, J., de la Fuente, T. et al. The para-articular ossifications in our paraplegics and tetraplegics: a survey of 704 patients. Spinal Cord 16, 272–275 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1978.52
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