Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103 , February 2000

Reflex effects of vertebral subluxations: the peripheral nervous system. An update

Presented as an invited presentation at the World Federation of Chiropractic Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, May 20, 1999.

Received 29 June 1999

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☆ Submit reprint requests to: Philip S. Bolton, DC, PhD, Discipline of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.

☆☆ Supported by grants from the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council, the Arthritis Foundation of Australia, the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, and the Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Foundation.

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doi: 10.1016/S0161-4754(00)90075-7

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103 , February 2000

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