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Answer to the letter to the editor of A. Lawson McLean, et al. concerning “myelopathy disability index: establishing criteria for mild, moderate and severe impairment in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy” by Pons Carreto A et al. (Eur Spine J; 2023: doi:10.1007/s00586-022-07506–2)

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Ramírez, M. Answer to the letter to the editor of A. Lawson McLean, et al. concerning “myelopathy disability index: establishing criteria for mild, moderate and severe impairment in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy” by Pons Carreto A et al. (Eur Spine J; 2023: doi:10.1007/s00586-022-07506–2). Eur Spine J 32, 1488–1489 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-023-07576-w

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