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Research ArticlePatient Safety

Radiation Dose for 345 CT-Guided Interlaminar Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections

A.L. Chang, A.H. Schoenfeld, A.L. Brook and T.S. Miller
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2013, 34 (10) 1882-1886; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3540
A.L. Chang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.L.C., A.H.S., A.L.B., T.S.M.), Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
bDepartment of Radiological Sciences (A.L.C.), University of California, Irvine, California.
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A.H. Schoenfeld
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.L.C., A.H.S., A.L.B., T.S.M.), Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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A.L. Brook
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.L.C., A.H.S., A.L.B., T.S.M.), Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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T.S. Miller
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.L.C., A.H.S., A.L.B., T.S.M.), Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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A.L. Chang, A.H. Schoenfeld, A.L. Brook, T.S. Miller
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