Epidural glucocorticoid injections in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-76

  Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE;

COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEG DISABILITY; LEG DISEASE; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84903746253     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1405475     Document Type: Editorial

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