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Homeopathy and acupuncture: Do they have place in respiratory medicine
 
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Pneumonology Department of General Hospital of Serres, Greece
 
 
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Antonis Antoniadis   

Pulmonology Clinic, General Hospital of Serres, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2019;32(1-2):9-11
 
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