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Massage Therapy Improves In Vitro Fertilization Outcome in Patients Undergoing Blastocyst Transfer in a Cryo-Cycle
Jasmin Okhowat, MD; Maximilian Murtinger, MD; Maximilian Schuff, PhD; Johannes Wogatzky, MD; Dietmar Spitzer, MD; Pierre Vanderzwalmen, MSc; Barbara Wirleitner, PhD; Nicolas Herbert Zech, MD, PhD
Medical Ozone and Radiotherapy in a Peritoneal, Erlich-Ascites, Tumor-cell Model
Huriye Şenay Kızıltan, MD; Ayşe Güneş Bayir, DVM; Gul Yucesan, MD; Ali Hikmet Eris, MP; Kadir İdin, MD; Cumali Karatoprak, MD; Teoman Aydin, MD; Adem Akcakaya, MD; Alpaslan Mayadagli; MD
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Examining the Association Between Patient-centered Communication and Provider Avoidance, CAM Use, and CAM–use Disclosure
Jennifer Faith, PhD; Sheryl Thorburn, PhD, MPH; Kimberly M. Tippens, ND, MSAOM, MPH
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Antioxidant Agents: A Future Alternative Approach in the Prevention and Treatment of Radiation-induced Oral Mucositis?
Letícia de Freitas Cuba, MSc; Fernanda Salum, PhD; Karen Cherubini, PhD; Maria Antonia Zancanaro de Figueiredo, PhD
Mumijo Attenuates Chemically Induced Inflammatory Pain in Mice
Golnaz Malekzadeh, MD; Mohammad Hossein Dashti-Rahmatabadi, PhD; Samira Zanbagh, MD; Atefehsadat Akhavi Mirab-bashii, MD
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Development of a Modified Yoga Program for Pulmonary Hypertension: A Case Series Rana Awdish, MD; Bronwyn Small, MD; Hector Cajigas, MD
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