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Comment
. 2019 Dec;477(12):2810-2811.
doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001030.

Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Editorial: Beware of Studies Claiming that Social Factors are "Independently Associated" with Biological Complications of Surgery

Seth S Leopold  1
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Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Editorial: Beware of Studies Claiming that Social Factors are "Independently Associated" with Biological Complications of Surgery

Seth S Leopold. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Dec.
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