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CT-Guided Cervical Transforaminal Steroid Injections: Where Should the Needle Tip Be Located?

J.K. Hoang, D.P. Massoglia, M.A. Apostol, C.D. Lascola, J.D. Eastwood and P.G. Kranz
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2013, 34 (3) 688-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3266
J.K. Hoang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.K.H., C.D.L., J.D.E., P.G.K.), Division of Neuroradiology
bDepartment of Radiation Oncology (J.K.H.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina
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D.P. Massoglia
cDepartment of Radiology (D.P.M.), Ralph Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
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M.A. Apostol
dClinical Radiologists S.C. (M.A.A.), Springfield, Illinois.
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C.D. Lascola
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.K.H., C.D.L., J.D.E., P.G.K.), Division of Neuroradiology
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J.D. Eastwood
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.K.H., C.D.L., J.D.E., P.G.K.), Division of Neuroradiology
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P.G. Kranz
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.K.H., C.D.L., J.D.E., P.G.K.), Division of Neuroradiology
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J.K. Hoang, D.P. Massoglia, M.A. Apostol, C.D. Lascola, J.D. Eastwood, P.G. Kranz
CT-Guided Cervical Transforaminal Steroid Injections: Where Should the Needle Tip Be Located?
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2013, 34 (3) 688-692; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3266

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2013, 34 (3) 688-692; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3266
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