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Influence of repeated painful procedures and sucrose analgesia on the development of hyperalgesia in newborn infants

  • Anna Taddio

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Practice Division, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto,
    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +416 978 8822; fax: +416 978 1833.
    • ,
  • Vibhuti Shah

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Eshetu Atenafu

      Affiliations

    • Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Joel Katz

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Dept. of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada
    • Dept. of Anaesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Received 22 November 2008 ,Revised 25 January 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00126-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.02.012

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