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01-08-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Authors’ reply to the Letters to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “An update on bone substitutes for spinal fusion”, Eur Spine J (2009) 18:783–799 by M. Miyazaki et al.

Authors: Masashi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tsumura, Jeffrey C. Wang, Ahmet Alanay

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 8/2010

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Dear Editors, …

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Title: Authors’ reply to the Letters to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “An update on bone substitutes for spinal fusion”, Eur Spine J (2009) 18:783–799 by M. Miyazaki et al.
Authors: Masashi Miyazaki
Hiroshi Tsumura
Jeffrey C. Wang
Ahmet Alanay
Publication date: 01-08-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 8/2010
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-010-1413-y

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Authors’ reply to the Letters to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “An update on bone substitutes for spinal fusion”, Eur Spine J (2009) 18:783–799 by M. Miyazaki et al.

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