Severe back pain, depression and psycho-organic syndrome
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Severe back pain, depression and psycho-organic syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1460-2393,1460-2725
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg156