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Tabeling, C.S., Lemans, J.V.C., Castelein, R.M. et al. Letter to the editor regarding “Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?”. Spine Deform 9, 1207–1208 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43390-021-00306-6
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