Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
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
W.S. Bartynski
W.E. Rothfus

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W.S. Bartynski, W.E. Rothfus, M. Kurs-Lasky
Postdiskogram CT Features of Lidocaine-Sensitive and Lidocaine-Insensitive Severely Painful Disks at Provocation Lumbar Diskography
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2008, 29 (8) 1455-1460; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1151
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