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Combination of Imaging Features and Clinical Biomarkers Predicts Positive Pathology and Microbiology Findings Suggestive of Spondylodiscitis in Patients Undergoing Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy

S. Kihira, C. Koo, K. Mahmoudi, T. Leong, X. Mei, B. Rigney, A. Aggarwal and A.H. Doshi
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2020, 41 (7) 1316-1322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6623
S. Kihira
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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C. Koo
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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K. Mahmoudi
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T. Leong
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X. Mei
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B. Rigney
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A. Aggarwal
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S. Kihira, C. Koo, K. Mahmoudi, T. Leong, X. Mei, B. Rigney, A. Aggarwal, A.H. Doshi
Combination of Imaging Features and Clinical Biomarkers Predicts Positive Pathology and Microbiology Findings Suggestive of Spondylodiscitis in Patients Undergoing Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2020, 41 (7) 1316-1322; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6623

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2020, 41 (7) 1316-1322; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6623
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