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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Pulmonary Cement Embolism: Results from VERTOS II

A. Venmans, C.A.H. Klazen, P.N.M. Lohle, W.J. van Rooij, H.J.J. Verhaar, J. de Vries and W.P.Th.M. Mali
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2010, 31 (8) 1451-1453; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2127
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A. Venmans, C.A.H. Klazen, P.N.M. Lohle, W.J. van Rooij, H.J.J. Verhaar, J. de Vries, W.P.Th.M. Mali
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Pulmonary Cement Embolism: Results from VERTOS II
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