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Evaluation and Treatment of Posterior Neck Pain in Family Practice

Alan B. Douglass and Edward T. Bope
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice November 2004, 17 (suppl 1) S13-S22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.suppl_1.S13

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