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Tsang, I., Huang, S. & Koehler, B. Integration of Chinese medicine and Western medicine in clinical practice (Patient Care): Past, present, and a proposed model for the future. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 19, 83–85 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-013-1350-9
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