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Lucatelli, P., Corradini, S.G., Bezzi, M. et al. Reply to the letter Regarding “Risk Factors for Immediate and Delayed-Onset Fever After Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage”. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 796–797 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-016-1307-4
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