Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Chronic Back Pain: Better Science for Clinical Innovation
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Intrathecal drug therapy for chronic pain: from basic science to clinical practice.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2004.04014.x