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Quantitative testing of pain perception in subjects with PTSD – Implications for the mechanism of the coexistence between PTSD and chronic pain

  • Ruth Defrin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 6405431.
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  • Karni Ginzburg

      Affiliations

    • Bob Shapel School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Zahava Solomon

      Affiliations

    • Bob Shapel School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Efrat Polad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Miki Bloch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Mirella Govezensky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Shaul Schreiber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Received 23 September 2007 ,Revised 14 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00253-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.05.006

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