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Comment
. 2022 Jul;10(4):969-970.
doi: 10.1007/s43390-021-00420-5. Epub 2021 Sep 25.

Letter to the Editor Re: "State of the art: proximal junctional kyphosis-diagnosis, management and prevention"

Pearce B Haldeman  1 , Ashley Robb Swan  2 , Samuel R Ward  1 , Joseph Osorio  2 , Bahar Shahidi  3
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Comment

Letter to the Editor Re: "State of the art: proximal junctional kyphosis-diagnosis, management and prevention"

Pearce B Haldeman et al. Spine Deform. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Paraspinal muscle; Proximal junctional kyphosis; Risk factor; Soft tissue.

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