Relevance of nerve blocks in treating and diagnosing low back pain - Is the quality decisive?;Relevanz von nervenblockaden bei der diagnose und therapie von rückenschmerzen - Ist die qualität entscheidend?

Schmerz

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 474-483

  Hildebrandt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic blocks; Epidural steroids; Low back pain; Nerve blocks

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0035652782     PISSN: 0932433X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00009801     Document Type: Article

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