Clinical Features and Treatments of Upper Lumbar Disc Herniations |
Kim, Duk-Sung
(Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences)
Lee, Jung-Kil (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences) Jang, Jae-Won (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences) Ko, Byung-Soo (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences) Lee, Jae-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences) Kim, Soo-Han (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences) |
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