Lumbar spinal imaging in radicular pain and related conditions

Lumbar Spinal Imaging in Radicular Pain and Related Conditions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-161

  Wilmink, Jan T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93830-9     Document Type: Book

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