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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 904729, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/904729
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Optical, Spectroscopic, and Doppler Evaluation of “Normal” and “Abnormal” Reflexology Areas in Lumbar Vertebral Pathology: A Case Study

Krishna Dalal,1 D. Elanchezhiyan,1 V. B. Maran,1 Raunak Kumar Das,2 Piyush Kumar,3 S. P. Singh,3 C. Murali Krishna,3 and Jyotirmoy Chatterjee2

1Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansarinagar, New Delhi 110 029, India
2School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, West Bengal, Kharagpur 721 302, India
3Chilakapati Laboratory, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Center, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410210, India

Received 5 June 2012; Revised 14 November 2012; Accepted 14 November 2012

Academic Editor: Arduino A. Mangoni

Copyright © 2012 Krishna Dalal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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