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Saal, J. (2006). Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy. In: Mayer, H.M. (eds) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29490-2_29

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