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  1. Institute of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Maria Della Pepa, Pier Paolo Mattogno & Alessandro Olivi

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Della Pepa, G.M., Mattogno, P.P. & Olivi, A. Comment on the article "Real-time intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in vascularized spinal tumors: a technical note". Acta Neurochir 160, 1873–1874 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-018-3628-3

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