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Postdiskogram CT Features of Lidocaine-Sensitive and Lidocaine-Insensitive Severely Painful Disks at Provocation Lumbar Diskography

W.S. Bartynski, W.E. Rothfus and M. Kurs-Lasky
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2008, 29 (8) 1455-1460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1151
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