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. 2023 Apr 1:78:100190.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2023.100190. eCollection 2023.

Medical research: Are e-Sports really sports?

Fulvio A Scorza  1 , Ana C Fiorini  2 , Camila C de Lima  2 , Nilton Camilo  3 , Eliana P Magro  3 , Liliane Guimarães  3 , Claudio Pavanelli  4 , Josef Finsterer  5 , Antônio-Carlos G de Almeida  6 , Marcelo C M Fonseca  7 , Reginado R Fujita  8 , Turibio L de Barros  9 , Miguel M C Scorza  10 , Marcelo A Moret  11 , Lavínia Teixeira-Machado  12 , Ricardo M Arida  13
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Medical research: Are e-Sports really sports?

Fulvio A Scorza et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). .
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Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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