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Chronic pain and pain relief by extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Author: Othmar J. Wess

Published in: Urolithiasis | Issue 6/2011

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Title: Chronic pain and pain relief by extracorporeal shock wave therapy
Author: Othmar J. Wess
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Urolithiasis / Issue 6/2011
Print ISSN: 2194-7228
Electronic ISSN: 2194-7236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-011-0377-7

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