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Editorial

. 2010 Apr;149(1):7-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.022. Epub 2010 Feb 2.

A cure for back pain?

Nikolai Bogduk¹

Affiliations

PMID: 20129734
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.022

Editorial

A cure for back pain?

Nikolai Bogduk. Pain. 2010 Apr.

. 2010 Apr;149(1):7-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.022. Epub 2010 Feb 2.

Author

Nikolai Bogduk¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Newcastle, Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute, Royal Newcastle Centre Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 20129734
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.022

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