Risks and Pitfalls of Epidural Injections during Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Few Comments
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Received March 13, 2015. Accepted April 3, 2015. Correspondence to: Mohamed Amin Ghobadifar Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Medicine School, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Motahari Avenue, Jahrom 12345, Iran Tel: +98-936-620-8078, Fax: +98-713-635-4094, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright c The Korean Pain Society, 2015 LETTERS TO EDITORS
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In Response to Risks and Pitfalls of Epidural Injections during Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Few Comments
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