Abdominal Pain — Visualizing ACNES and LUCNES With DIRT
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Visualizing Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (ACNES) and Lumbar Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (LUCNES) With Dynamic Infrared Thermography (DIRT)
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