Topographical Pressure Pain Sensitivity Maps of the Temporalis Muscle in People with Frequent Episodic and Chronic Tension-Type Headache
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1530-7085
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12565