Assessment: Use of epidural steroid injections to treat radicular lumbosacral pain: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology [2]

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1190-1191

  Armon, Carmel ^a   Argoff, Charles E ^a   Samuels, Jeffrey ^a   Backonja, Misha Miroslav ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; EXPERT WITNESS; PUBLICATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STEROIDS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 34948861601     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000284724.77030.17     Document Type: Letter

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