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  1. Division of Neuroradiology, Neuroradiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Amish H. Doshi

  2. Neuroradiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Amit Aggarwal

  3. Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Javin Schefflein

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

    A. Orlando Ortiz

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Doshi, A.H., Aggarwal, A., Schefflein, J., Ortiz, A.O. (2017). Lumbar Spine Biopsy. In: Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43326-4_6

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