Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine for Cancer Patients
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1 HanseMerkur Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany 2Department of Clinical Oncology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, StaudingerWeg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany 4Department of Medical Oncology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan
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دوره 2013 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013