Virtual Reality-Enhanced Extinction of Phobias and Post-Traumatic Stress
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurotherapeutics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1933-7213,1878-7479
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-017-0534-y