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    Jan H. B. Geertzen

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Geertzen, J.H.B., Dijkstra, P.U. (2009). Phantom Pain. In: Biobehavioral Approaches to Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78323-9_14

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