Pressure-Controlled Lumbar Discography in Volunteers Without Low Back Symptoms
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The rates of false-positive lumbar discography in select patients without low back symptoms.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05034.x