Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 301-305 , December 2011

Chiropractic management of a 30-year-old patient with Parsonage-Turner syndrome

  • Eugene Charles, DC, DIBAK

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Received 3 December 2010 ,Revised 27 January 2011 ,Accepted 18 February 2011.

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PII: S1556-3707(11)00156-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2011.02.005

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 301-305 , December 2011

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