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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Ming Yang et al. concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by Ren HL et al. (2015) Eur Spine J;24(4):750–758

Author: Hai-long Ren

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 5/2017

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Title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Ming Yang et al. concerning “Risk factors of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures in osteoporotic patients undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty” by Ren HL et al. (2015) Eur Spine J;24(4):750–758
Author: Hai-long Ren
Publication date: 01-05-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5027-5

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