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. 2013 Aug;22(8):1706.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2905-3.

Answer to the letter to the editor of A. Sotto et al. concerning "Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707

Hanne B Albert
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Answer to the letter to the editor of A. Sotto et al. concerning "Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707

Hanne B Albert. Eur Spine J. 2013 Aug.
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