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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of F.-A. Dauchy et al. concerning manuscript “Intradural extramedullary primary hydatid cyst of the spine: a case report and review of literature”. Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2373-1 by I. Lotfinia, S. Sayyahmelli, A. Mahdkhah, M. Shoja M (2012)

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Lotfinia, I., Mahdkhah, A. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of F.-A. Dauchy et al. concerning manuscript “Intradural extramedullary primary hydatid cyst of the spine: a case report and review of literature”. Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2373-1 by I. Lotfinia, S. Sayyahmelli, A. Mahdkhah, M. Shoja M (2012). Eur Spine J 22, 669–670 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-012-2609-0

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