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Nachemson, Alf
1
Lumbar intradiscal pressure: experimental studies on post-mortem material
Acta Orthop Scand
. 1960;31(suppl 43):1-104
©1960 Alf Nachemson, Sweden
Affiliations
1
Orthopaedic Department, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden
Links
DOI:
10.3109/ort.1960.31.suppl-43.01
PubMed:
14425680
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