<b>Two Cases where Kampo Medicines Successfully Replaced Psychotropic D</b><b>rugs</b>
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عنوان ژورنال: Kampo Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0287-4857,1882-756X
DOI: 10.3937/kampomed.66.223