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Cervical Spondylosis: Recognition, Differential Diagnosis, and Management

Rand M. Voorhies
Ochsner Journal April 2001, 3 (2) 78-84;
Rand M. Voorhies
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA; Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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