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Letter to the Editor concerning “Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis” by Eguchi Y, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5845-0)

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sehit Prof. Dr İlhan Varank Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, Emek Mh. Namik Kemal Cd. No: 54, Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey

    Vildan Binay Safer

  2. Department of Palliative Care, Sehit Prof. Dr İlhan Varank Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Umut Safer

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Sehit Prof. Dr İlhan Varank Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Umut Safer

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Dr. Vildan Binay Safer drafted the letter and Dr. Umut Safer performed a critical review of the article.

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Binay Safer, V., Safer, U. Letter to the Editor concerning “Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis” by Eguchi Y, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5845-0). Eur Spine J 28, 627–628 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-05884-8

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