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Sciatica or spinal lymphoma
  1. F Morcos1,
  2. E Smith2
  1. 1Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
  2. 2Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr F Morcos, Ward C2, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.1.94

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