Facet Syndrome: Facet Joint Injections and Facet Nerve Blocks

SPEC - Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia (Reprint)

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 348-355

  Clemans, Rebecca Rallo ^a   Benzon, Honorio T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882472919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06651-1.50046-0     Document Type: Chapter

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