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The Independent Payment Advisory Board

J.A. Hirsch, W.D. Donovan, R.M. Barr, G.N. Nicola, D.A. Rosman, P.W. Schaefer and L. Manchikanti
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2014, 35 (6) 1066-1069; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3736
J.A. Hirsch
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.A.H., D.A.R., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Gray Bldg., 2nd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
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W.D. Donovan
bNorwich Diagnostic Imaging Associates (W.D.D.), Norwich, Connecticut
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R.M. Barr
cMecklenburg Radiology Associates (R.M.B.), Charlotte, North Carolina
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dHackensack University Medical Center (G.N.N.), Hackensack, New Jersey
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aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.A.H., D.A.R., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Gray Bldg., 2nd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
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ePain Management Center of Paducah (L.M.), Paducah, Kentucky
fUniversity of Louisville (L.M.), Louisville, Kentucky.
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