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Letter to the Editor concerning “Low virulence bacterial infections in cervical intervertebral discs: a prospective case series” by Chen Y, Wang X, Zhang X, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5582-4)

Authors: Manu N. Capoor, Andrew McDowell, Assaf Raz, Peter Lambert, Ondrej Slaby

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 5/2019

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Letter to the Editor concerning “Low virulence bacterial infections in cervical intervertebral discs: a prospective case series” by Chen Y, Wang X, Zhang X, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5582-4)
Authors: Manu N. Capoor
Andrew McDowell
Assaf Raz
Peter Lambert
Ondrej Slaby
Publication date: 01-05-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5671-4

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