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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. P. Ardigò et al. concerning “Validity and reliability of photographic measures to evaluate waistline asymmetry in idiopathic scoliosis” by Matamalas A, Bagó J, D Agata E, Pellisé F (2016) Eur Spine J; 2016 Mar 14 [Epub ahead of print]

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Adrover, A.M. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. P. Ardigò et al. concerning “Validity and reliability of photographic measures to evaluate waistline asymmetry in idiopathic scoliosis” by Matamalas A, Bagó J, D Agata E, Pellisé F (2016) Eur Spine J; 2016 Mar 14 [Epub ahead of print]. Eur Spine J 25, 3019–3020 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4689-8

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