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Published in Pain Pract on July 01, 2014

Authors

Laxmaiah Manchikanti1, Ramsin M Benyamin, Alan D Kaye

Author Affiliations

1: Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A. drlm@thepainmd.com.

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