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Spinal cord stimulation normalizes abnormal cortical pain processing in patients with cardiac syndrome X

  • Alfonso Sestito

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • Gaetano Antonio Lanza

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 3015 4187; fax: +39 06 3055 535.
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  • Domenica Le Pera

      Affiliations

    • Motor Rehabilitation, IRCSS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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  • Liala De Armas

      Affiliations

    • Motor Rehabilitation, IRCSS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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  • Gregory Angelo Sgueglia

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • Fabio Infusino

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • Roberto Miliucci

      Affiliations

    • Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” – IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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  • Pietro Attilio Tonali

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Filippo Crea

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • Massimiliano Valeriani

      Affiliations

    • Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” – IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Received 1 June 2007 ,Revised 7 March 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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☆ No author has any conflict of interest to declare in relation to the present manuscript.

PII: S0304-3959(08)00144-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.03.015

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