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The Role of Biological Treatments in Spine Disorders

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This chapter addresses several aspects of spine disorders and their implications for pain, functional impairment, and their problems and treatments.

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Lana, J.F.S.D. et al. (2017). The Role of Biological Treatments in Spine Disorders. In: Gobbi, A., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Lane, J., Karahan, M. (eds) Bio-orthopaedics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54181-4_48

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