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. 2022 Feb 10;11(4):918.
doi: 10.3390/jcm11040918.

Reply to Weiss, H.-R. Comment on "Costa et al. The Effectiveness of Different Concepts of Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2145"

Lorenzo Costa  1 , Tom P C Schlösser  1 , Moyo C Kruyt  1 , René M Castelein  1
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Reply to Weiss, H.-R. Comment on "Costa et al. The Effectiveness of Different Concepts of Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2145"

Lorenzo Costa et al. J Clin Med. .

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We would like to thank you for the opportunity to reply to the comments in regard of the letter by Dr. Weiss [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The senior author R.M. Castelein is founder of the Dutch Scoliosis Center. He received grants, unrelated to the topic of this study, from Stryker Spine, Fundation Yves Cotrel. He is in collaboration with Telefield Medical Imaging Ltd. (Hong Kong) and MRI guidance. R.M. Castelein and M.C. Kruyt are co-founders of Cresco Spine. There are no other conflict of interest.

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