RE: Efficacy of Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections
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Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Radiology RE: Efficacy of Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin Benyamin, MD, Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY 42003, USA; Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL, USA, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61701, USA; Department of Anesthesia, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; NeuroInterventional Spine Service, Interventional Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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