Discogenic sciatica: Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and management

The Sciatic Nerve: Blocks, Injuries and Regeneration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 39-66

  Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^a,b   Rasouli, Mohammad Reza ^c   Sharif Alhoseini, Mahdi ^a   Jazayeri, Seyed Behzad ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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