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Adverse effects of posterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2

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    Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ivan Bojanic & Domagoj Delimar

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Smoljanovic, T., Bojanic, I. & Delimar, D. Adverse effects of posterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2. Eur Spine J 18, 920–923 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-009-0959-z

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