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Martins, J.d.C., de Aguiar, S.S., Fabro, E.A.N. et al. Comment on “Safety and tolerability of Kinesio® Taping in patients with arm lymphedema: medical device clinical study”. Taner Dandinoglu, Murat Karadeniz, Özgür Dandin, Ali Onay. Support Care Cancer 24, 3277–3278 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3169-3
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