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Time to Reconsider Routine Percutaneous Biopsy in Spondylodiscitis?

Ö. Kasalak, M. Wouthuyzen-Bakker, R.A.J.O. Dierckx, P.C. Jutte and T.C. Kwee
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6994
Ö. Kasalak
aFrom the Departments of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Ö.K., R.A.J.O.D., T.C.K.)
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M. Wouthuyzen-Bakker
bMedical Microbiology and Infection Prevention (M.W.-B.)
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R.A.J.O. Dierckx
aFrom the Departments of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Ö.K., R.A.J.O.D., T.C.K.)
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P.C. Jutte
cOrthopedics (P.C.J.), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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T.C. Kwee
aFrom the Departments of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Ö.K., R.A.J.O.D., T.C.K.)
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