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FOAR: Facet Joint Osteoarthritis with Radiculopathy: A Case Series and a Hypothesis Explaining Spinal Nerve Irritation in the Absence of Osteodiskal Compression

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Kucinski, T., Schubert, J. FOAR: Facet Joint Osteoarthritis with Radiculopathy: A Case Series and a Hypothesis Explaining Spinal Nerve Irritation in the Absence of Osteodiskal Compression. Clin Neuroradiol 25, 83–87 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-013-0275-1

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