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Towards novel paradigms for treating dysfunctional bodily experience in eating disorders

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Dakanalis, A., Manzoni, G.M., Castelnuovo, G. et al. Towards novel paradigms for treating dysfunctional bodily experience in eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord 22, 373–375 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0361-5

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