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Seven-year clinical follow-up after lumbar disc surgery: results and predictors of outcome

V. GRAVER Department of Neurology, Haematological Research Laboratory, and Department of Neurosurgery, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, and The National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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A. K. HAALAND Department of Neurology, Haematological Research Laboratory, and Department of Neurosurgery, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, and The National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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B. MAGNAS Department of Neurology, Haematological Research Laboratory, and Department of Neurosurgery, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, and The National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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M. LOEB Department of Neurology, Haematological Research Laboratory, and Department of Neurosurgery, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, and The National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pages 178-184 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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