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  1. Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Joseph P. Mazzie

  2. Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    A. Orlando Ortiz

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Mazzie, J.P., Ortiz, A.O. (2017). Spine Infection Mimics. In: Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43326-4_10

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