Epidural corticosteroid injections for radiculopathy and spinal stenosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 633-

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a   Kaye, Alan David ^b   Hirsch, Joshua A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

EPIDURAL SPACE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84982175186     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/L15-0566     Document Type: Letter

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