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Response to Letter to the Editor on ‘Piriformis muscle syndrome: A cross-sectional imaging study in 116 patients and evaluation of therapeutic outcome’

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging-University Hospital and University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Evangelia E. Vassalou & Apostolos H. Karantanas

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Vassalou, E.E., Karantanas, A.H. Response to Letter to the Editor on ‘Piriformis muscle syndrome: A cross-sectional imaging study in 116 patients and evaluation of therapeutic outcome’. Eur Radiol 28, 5352–5353 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5553-5

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