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. 2021 Sep 1;46(17):E954.
doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004149.

Letter to the editor concerning "The Rate of Heterotic Ossification Following Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Comparison of Data" by Dowell et al

Xia-Qing Sheng  1 , Yang Meng, Hao Liu
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Letter to the editor concerning "The Rate of Heterotic Ossification Following Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Comparison of Data" by Dowell et al

Xia-Qing Sheng et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). .
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