True Synovial Cysts of the Lumbar Spine: an Epiphenomenon of Instability of the Functional Spine Unit?

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Journal Neurosurg Rev

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2012 Dec 1

PMID 23196423

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Tobias A Mattei

Abraham H Rodriguez

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