A modified approach to grading of evidence.

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Published in Pain Physician on May 22, 2014

Authors

Laxmaiah Manchikanti1, Frank J E Falco, Ramsin M Benyamin, Alan D Kaye, Mark V Boswell, Joshua A Hirsch

Author Affiliations

1: Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY, and University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians, Newark, DE, and Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL.

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