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Use of particulate corticosteroid injections to treat low back pain in a low-income setting: 8 years of experience in Mozambique

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  1. Department of Surgery, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique

    Serguei Otchirov & Mario Antunes

  2. Operational Research Unit, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto 165, Ponta Gea 1363, Beira, Mozambique

    Damiano Pizzol

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Otchirov, S., Pizzol, D. & Antunes, M. Use of particulate corticosteroid injections to treat low back pain in a low-income setting: 8 years of experience in Mozambique. Drugs Ther Perspect 35, 283–284 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-019-00626-8

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