Interventional pain management procedure for treating low back pain: anaesthesiologists should come forward
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2408-8706,2220-8992
DOI: 10.3329/jbsa.v24i1.19796