Back pain during pregnancy and after childbirth: an unusual cause not to miss.

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Published in J R Soc Med on February 01, 1998

Authors

K Ashkan1, A T Casey, M Powell, H A Crockard

Author Affiliations

1: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.

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