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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Discovertebral lesion in ankylosing spondylitis: differential diagnosis with discitis by magnetic resonance imaging

K. TsuchiyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. NagamineDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Y. IwamotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
Pages 113-117 | Received 05 Feb 2001, Accepted 27 Sep 2001, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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