Treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathy with epidural steroids

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1937-1941

  Abram, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Low back pain; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032714398     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00047     Document Type: Review

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