Reply to Dr. Manchikanti

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Cohen, Steven P ^a   Dragovich, Anthony ^b   Hurley, Robert ^a   Bajwa, Zahid H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENERVATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749136113     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181926b1a     Document Type: Letter

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