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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of C. Birkenmaier concerning “Rehydration of a degenerated disc on MRI synchronized with transition of Modic changes following stand-alone XLIF” by K. Kita, T. Sakai, M. Abe, Y. Takata and K. Sairyo (Eur Spine J; 2017). doi:10.1007/s00586-017-4945-6

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan

    Toshinori Sakai & Koichi Sairyo

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Sakai, T., Sairyo, K. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of C. Birkenmaier concerning “Rehydration of a degenerated disc on MRI synchronized with transition of Modic changes following stand-alone XLIF” by K. Kita, T. Sakai, M. Abe, Y. Takata and K. Sairyo (Eur Spine J; 2017). doi:10.1007/s00586-017-4945-6. Eur Spine J 26, 1790–1791 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5096-5

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