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Incidence of Inadvertent Intravascular Injection during CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Epidural Steroid Injections

P.G. Kranz, T.J. Amrhein and L. Gray
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2015, 36 (5) 1000-1007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4219
P.G. Kranz
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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