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Comment
. 2023 Dec;165(12):3961-3962.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-023-05805-1. Epub 2023 Oct 16.

Response to the letter to the editor entitled: "Letter: impact of body mass index on PROMIS outcomes following lumbar decompression"

Fatima N Anwar  1 , Andrea M Roca  1 , Srinath S Medakkar  1 , Alexandra C Loya  1 , Kern Singh  2
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Response to the letter to the editor entitled: "Letter: impact of body mass index on PROMIS outcomes following lumbar decompression"

Fatima N Anwar et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 Dec.
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