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Letter to the Editor concerning “Relationship between sedimentation sign and morphological grade in symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis” (by Laudato PA, Kulik G, Schizas C (2015) Eur Spine J; 24(10):2264–2268)

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  1. Centre for Health Sciences, School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Markus Melloh

  2. Centre for Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Markus Melloh

  3. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Lukas P. Staub

  4. NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Sarah J. Lord

  5. School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

    Sarah J. Lord

  6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark, Schwedt/Oder, Germany

    Thomas Barz

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Melloh, M., Staub, L.P., Lord, S.J. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning “Relationship between sedimentation sign and morphological grade in symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis” (by Laudato PA, Kulik G, Schizas C (2015) Eur Spine J; 24(10):2264–2268). Eur Spine J 25, 3768–3769 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4752-5

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