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Low-grade (often multifocal) osteomyelitis (a diagnostic problem and/or a mimicker of tumor)

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    J. Alberto. Hernandez, Alwin Camacho, Diana Palacio & Leonard E. Swischuk

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Hernandez, J.A., Camacho, A., Palacio, D. et al. Low-grade (often multifocal) osteomyelitis (a diagnostic problem and/or a mimicker of tumor). Emerg Radiol 11, 322–327 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-005-0423-2

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