Epidural steroid injections for low back pain

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7823, 2011, Pages

  Cohen, Steven P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANALGESIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 84857385145     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5310     Document Type: Editorial

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