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Ultrasound Guided Versus CT-Controlled Pararadicular Injections in the Lumbar Spine: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
  
    	
A. Loizides, H. Gruber, S. Peer, K. Galiano, R. Bale and J. Obernauer

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013,  34 (2) 466-470; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3206 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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