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Acupuncture points for low back pain patients in clinical trial  

In-Seon Lee (College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Dongwon Kim (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
Ji-sung Kim (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Convergence Korean Medicine / v.1, no.1, 2021 , pp. 25-33 More about this Journal
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low bak pain; acupoints; meridian; acupuncture;
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