ADVANCES AND INSTRUMENTATION IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TRIGGER POINTS IN HUMAN MYOFASCIAL PAIN: VETERINARY IMPLICATIONS #3

ADVANCES AND INSTRUMENTATION IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TRIGGER POINTS IN HUMAN MYOFASCIAL PAIN: VETERINARY IMPLICATIONS

Part 3
Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS, Andrew Fischer MD, PhD,
Pekka J.Pontinen MD and Luc A.A. Janssens DMV, PhD
IVAS Course, Oslo, Norway (1988)
Postgraduate Course in Veterinary AP, Sydney (1991)
(revised 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996)

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