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Volume 114, Issue 1 , Pages 239-249 , March 2005

Relationship between pain symptoms and referred sensory and trophic changes in patients with gallbladder pathology

  • Maria Adele Giamberardino

      Affiliations

    • Ce.S.I., ‘G. D'Annunzio’ Foundation; ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: via Carlo de Tocco n. 3, 66100 Chieti, Italy. Tel./fax: +39 0871 551086.
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  • Giannapia Affaitati

      Affiliations

    • Ce.S.I., ‘G. D'Annunzio’ Foundation; ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Rosanna Lerza

      Affiliations

    • Ce.S.I., ‘G. D'Annunzio’ Foundation; ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Domenico Lapenna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Raffaele Costantini

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Leonardo Vecchiet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, ‘G. D'Annunzio’ University of Chieti, Pescara, Italy

Received 29 June 2004 ,Revised 11 December 2004 ,Accepted 16 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.024

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