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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

SAPHO Syndrome: Imaging Findings of Vertebral Involvement

A.M. McGauvran, A.L. Kotsenas, F.E. Diehn, J.T. Wald, C.M. Carr and J.M. Morris
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2016, 37 (8) 1567-1572; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4736
A.M. McGauvran
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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A.L. Kotsenas
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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F.E. Diehn
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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J.T. Wald
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C.M. Carr
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