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. 2020 Feb 11;2(1):100041.
doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100041. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Author Comment on: Álvarez B, Montero Á, Aramburu F, Calvo E, Ángel de la Casa M, Valero J, et al. Radiotherapy for ostheoarticular degenerative disorders: When nothing else works. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 2019:100016

C H M van den Ende  1 , M J Minten  1 , E A Mahler  1 , M M Hoogeboom-Leseman  1 , F H Van den Hoogen  1 , P M Poortmans  1
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Author Comment on: Álvarez B, Montero Á, Aramburu F, Calvo E, Ángel de la Casa M, Valero J, et al. Radiotherapy for ostheoarticular degenerative disorders: When nothing else works. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 2019:100016

C H M van den Ende et al. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. .
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