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Yao Feng-Ju1, Sun Fu-Gen, Zhang Zhi-Hua

  • 1The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College, Henan (453002). yingyang@126.com

Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi Jiehe Zazhi = Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
|April 15, 2006
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