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Intervertebral disk space calcification

A report of 51 children with a review of the literature

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Girodias, J.B., Azouz, E.M. & Marton, D. Intervertebral disk space calcification. Pediatr Radiol 21, 541–546 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012591

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