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Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 179-185 , June 2009

Differentiation of pain ratings in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Anja Kraus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Elbert Geuze

      Affiliations

    • Military Mental Health – Research Centre Ministry of Defense, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Division of Neuroscience, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Christian Schmahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Greffrath

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurophysiology, Centre of Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht–Karls University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Rolf-Detlef Treede

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurophysiology, Centre of Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht–Karls University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Bohus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Eric Vermetten

      Affiliations

    • Military Mental Health – Research Centre Ministry of Defense, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Division of Neuroscience, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Head of Research, Military Mental Health – Research Center, Ministry of Defense – Q3, P.O. Box 90,000, 3509 AA Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 30 2502591; fax: +31 30 2502282.

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 10 November 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00739-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.018

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