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Cervicothoracic spine infection of unknown pathogens: A case report
Zhibo Ren1, Jiandang Shi2, Zongqiang Yang2
1Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China; School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Asian Journal of Surgery
|December 12, 2022
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