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Identifying serious causes of back pain: Cancer, infection, fracture

Krzysztof Siemionow, MD, Michael Steinmetz, MD, Gordon Bell, MD, Hakan Ilaslan, MD and Robert F. McLain, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2008, 75 (8) 557-566;
Krzysztof Siemionow
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
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Michael Steinmetz
Department of Neurosurgery, and Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic
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Gordon Bell
Vice-Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Associate Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic
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Hakan Ilaslan
Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic
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Robert F. McLain
Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Director of Spine Fellowship Program, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic
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vol. 75 no. 8 557-566
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18756836

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online August 1, 2008.

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