Posterior Circulation Stroke after C1–C2 Intraarticular Facet Steroid Injection: Evidence for Diffuse Microvascular Injury
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-3022
DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181d7b15a