Laser acupuncture: past, present, and future

Lasers in Medical Science - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 69-80 - 2004
Peter Whittaker1
1Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

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