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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of J. Padulo concerning: “Vertebral rotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis calculated by radiograph and back surface analysis-based methods: correlation between the Raimondi method and rasterstereography” by Mangone M, Raimondi P, Paoloni M, Pellanera S, Di Michele A, Di Renzo S, Vanadia M, Dimaggio M, Murgia M, Santilli V (2013) Eur Spine J 22:367–371

Authors: M. Mangone, M. Paoloni

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 10/2013

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We should like to respond to a recent letter to the editor that aims to demonstrate grave statistical errors in our paper published in this journal in February 2013 [1], which, if true, would invalidate some of our conclusions. …

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Title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of J. Padulo concerning: “Vertebral rotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis calculated by radiograph and back surface analysis-based methods: correlation between the Raimondi method and rasterstereography” by Mangone M, Raimondi P, Paoloni M, Pellanera S, Di Michele A, Di Renzo S, Vanadia M, Dimaggio M, Murgia M, Santilli V (2013) Eur Spine J 22:367–371
Authors: M. Mangone
M. Paoloni
Publication date: 01-10-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-013-2954-7

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