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Early diagnostic evaluation of low back pain

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    Richard A. Deyo MD, MPH

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Received from the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Supported in part by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey. The opinions, conclusions, and proposals in the text are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Deyo, R.A. Early diagnostic evaluation of low back pain. J Gen Intern Med 1, 328–338 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596214

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