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Adjacent Double–Nerve Root Contributions in Unilateral Lumbar Radiculopathy

W.S. Bartynski, M.D. Kang and W.E. Rothfus
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2010, 31 (2) 327-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1827
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