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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

Fluoroscopically Guided Facet Injections: Comparison of Intra-Articular and Periarticular Steroid and Anesthetic Injection on Immediate and Short-Term Pain Relief

L.M. Kershen, N.C. Nacey, J.T. Patrie and M.G. Fox
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5805
L.M. Kershen
aFrom the Colorado Imaging Associates (L.M.K.), Golden, Colorado
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N.C. Nacey
bDepartments of Radiology and Medical Imaging (N.C.N.)
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J.T. Patrie
cPublic Health Sciences (J.T.P.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia
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dDepartment of Radiology (M.G.F.), Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
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L.M. Kershen, N.C. Nacey, J.T. Patrie, M.G. Fox
Fluoroscopically Guided Facet Injections: Comparison of Intra-Articular and Periarticular Steroid and Anesthetic Injection on Immediate and Short-Term Pain Relief
American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2018, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5805

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