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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. P. Ardigò et al. concerning “The validity and reliability of “Spinal Mouse” assessment of spinal curvatures in the frontal plane in pediatric adolescent idiopathic thoracolumbar curves” by Livanelioglu A, Kaya F, Nabiyev V, Demirkiran G, Fırat T (2015) Eur Spine J Apr 22 [Epub ahead of print]

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Livanelioglu, A. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. P. Ardigò et al. concerning “The validity and reliability of “Spinal Mouse” assessment of spinal curvatures in the frontal plane in pediatric adolescent idiopathic thoracolumbar curves” by Livanelioglu A, Kaya F, Nabiyev V, Demirkiran G, Fırat T (2015) Eur Spine J Apr 22 [Epub ahead of print]. Eur Spine J 25, 485–486 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4190-9

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