Fads in the treatment of low back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 14, 1991, Pages 1039-1040

  Deyo, Richard A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BACK PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR;

EID: 0026076108     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199110033251411     Document Type: Editorial

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