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Review

New Directions in the Treatment of Pelvic Pain

Mercy A Udoji1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
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Timothy J Ness1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 387-394 | Published online: 05 Sep 2013

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