A 45-year-old man with low back pain and a numb left foot

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 730-736

  Weinstein, James N ^a   Hartman, Erin E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; FOOT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0032569236     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.8.730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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