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Postoperative MRI Evaluation of a Radiofrequency Cordotomy Lesion for Intractable Cancer Pain

A. Vedantam, P. Hou, T.L. Chi, K.R Hess, P.M. Dougherty, E. Bruera and A. Viswanathan
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2017, 38 (4) 835-839; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5100
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aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A. Vedantam, A. Viswanathan), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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