Serum cytokine levels in patients with chronic low back pain due to herniated disc: analytical cross-sectional study Concentrações plasmáticas de citocinas em pacientes com lombalgia crônica por hérnia de disco: estudo transversal analítico
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MD, PhD. Assistant professor, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. MD, PhD. Associate professor, anesthetist and coordinator of the Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil. PhD. Assistant professor and pharmacologist, Department of Anesthesia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil. PhD. Immunologist, Department of Immunology, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil. MD. Psychiatrist and Statistician, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil. MD, PhD. Head, Department of Immunology, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. ABSTRACT
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