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Clinical Research Article

Treating children and adolescents with multiple traumas: a randomized clinical trial of narrative exposure therapy

Tratando a niÑos y adolescentes con mÚltiples traumas- un estudio clÍnico randomizado de terapia de exposiciÓn narrativa

治疗多发创伤的儿童和青少年 - 叙事曝光治疗的随机临床试验

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Article: 1558708 | Received 26 Jul 2018, Accepted 01 Dec 2018, Published online: 17 Jan 2019

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