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Chronic phantom and stump pain among american veterans: results of a survey

  • Richard A. Sherman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to: Captain Richard A. Sherman, Ph.D., MSC, Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905 U.S.A..
    • Psychophysiology Service, Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905, U.S.A.
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  • Crystal J. Sherman

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Ga. 30910, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Laura Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905 U.S.A.

Received 1 February 1983 ,Accepted 13 June 1983.

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☆ The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the United States Department of Army or the Department of Defense.

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