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. 2022 Dec;58(6):802-804.
doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07789-9. Epub 2022 Dec 2.

The European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine perspective on the name of our specialty

Nikolaos Barotsis  1 , Aydan Oral  2 , Rolf Frischknecht  3 , Piotr Tederko  4 , Wim Janssen  5 , Mauro Zampolini  6
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The European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine perspective on the name of our specialty

Nikolaos Barotsis et al. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Dec.
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Conflicts of interest.—The authors certify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial organization regarding the material discussed in the manuscript.

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