RE: Efficacy of Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections

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Manchikanti, Laxmaiah (Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Pain Management Center of Paducah) ;
Benyamin, Ramsin (Millennium Pain Center, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois) ;
Kaye, Alan David (Department of Anesthesia, LSU Health Science Center) ;
Hirsch, Joshua A. (NeuroInterventional Spine Service, Interventional Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School)

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