The false-positive rate of uncontrolled diagnostic blocks of the lumbar zygapophysial joints.

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Published in Pain on August 01, 1994

Authors

A C Schwarzer1, C N Aprill, R Derby, J Fortin, G Kine, N Bogduk

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.

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