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Comment
. 2013 Oct;22(10):2344-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2979-y. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

Letter to the editor 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

Zafar Ahmad  1 , Am Rai, Simon Donell, Robert Crawford
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Letter to the editor 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

Zafar Ahmad et al. Eur Spine J. 2013 Oct.
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