A Survey on the Complications Associated with Acupotomy in a Single Korean Medicine Clinic
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Jung, Sehun
(Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue)
Woo, Jongwon (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Chae, Hyocheong (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Oh, Kichang (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Choi, Soyoun (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Lee, Joohyun (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Kang, Kyungho (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) Chu, Hongmin (Wonkwang University Gwangju Korean Medicine Hospital) Ryu, Myungseok (Academic Affairs Board, Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue) |
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