A new target for radiofrequency neurotomy?

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Gunnvald Kvarstein. Pain. 2011 Mar.

. 2011 Mar;152(3):465-466.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.037. Epub 2010 Oct 18.

¹ Division of Critical Care, Dept. of Pain Management, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway.

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