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Epidurography and Therapeutic Epidural Injections: Technical Considerations and Experience with 5334 Cases

Blake A. Johnson, Kurt P. Schellhas and Steven R. Pollei
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 1999, 20 (4) 697-705;
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