Clinical instability of the lumbar spine after microdiscectomy
β Scribed by E. Kotilainen; S. Valtonen
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 648 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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