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    Citations

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    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference June 29, 2011
    Medical Review: Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD - Complementary and Alternative Medicine


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