Do neurosurgeons subscribe to the guideline lumbosacral radicular syndrome?
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0303-8467
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.02.003