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Motor cortex stimulation for refractory neuropathic pain: Four year outcome and predictors of efficacy

  • Christophe Nuti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, CHU Saint-Etienne, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
    • INSERM EMI 0342, UCBLyon1 & UJM Saint-Etienne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Corresponding author. Address: Department of Neurosurgery, CHU Saint-Etienne, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France. Tel.: +33 477 127 723; fax: +33 477 120 544.
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  • Roland Peyron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology & Pain center, CHU Saint-Etienne, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
    • INSERM EMI 0342, UCBLyon1 & UJM Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Luis Garcia-Larrea

      Affiliations

    • INSERM EMI 0342, UCBLyon1 & UJM Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Jacques Brunon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, CHU Saint-Etienne, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
    • ,
  • Bernard Laurent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology & Pain center, CHU Saint-Etienne, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
    • INSERM EMI 0342, UCBLyon1 & UJM Saint-Etienne, France
    • ,
  • Marc Sindou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery A, CHU Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Patrick Mertens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery A, CHU Lyon, France
    • INSERM EMI 0342, UCBLyon1 & UJM Saint-Etienne, France

Received 28 September 2004 ,Revised 11 July 2005 ,Accepted 25 July 2005.

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PII: S0304-3959(05)00380-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.07.020

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