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Letter to the Editor concerning “Association between IGF1 gene single nucleotide polymorphism (rs5742612) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a meta-analysis” by M. Guan et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4742-7)

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      Yongzhao Zhao, Yanjie Zhu, Guangyue Yan & Jie Zhang

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    Zhao, Y., Zhu, Y., Yan, G. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning “Association between IGF1 gene single nucleotide polymorphism (rs5742612) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a meta-analysis” by M. Guan et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4742-7). Eur Spine J 26, 1312–1313 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5006-x

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