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Sacroplasty versus Vertebroplasty: Comparable Clinical Outcomes for the Treatment of Fracture-Related Pain

C.T. Whitlow, B.J. Mussat-Whitlow, C.W.T. Mattern, M.D. Baker and P.P. Morris
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2007, 28 (7) 1266-1270; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0561
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C.T. Whitlow, B.J. Mussat-Whitlow, C.W.T. Mattern, M.D. Baker, P.P. Morris
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