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Neuraltherapie — die Therapie mit Lokalanästhetika: Der aktuelle Stand des Wissens

Teil 2: Fünf Anwendungsweisen der Neuraltherapie, Nebenwirkungen, Arzneimittelsicherheit, zukünftige Forschung und Entwicklung

Neural therapy — the therapy that uses local anaesthetics: State of the Art

Part 2: Five applications of neural therapy, side effects, drug safety, future research and development

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Weinschenk, S. Neuraltherapie — die Therapie mit Lokalanästhetika: Der aktuelle Stand des Wissens. Dtsch Z Akupunkt 56, 6–9 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dza.2013.09.002

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