PAIN
Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , June 2009

Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control (DNIC) as a tool for exploring dysfunction of endogenous pain modulatory systems

Received 5 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00153-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.003

PAIN
Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , June 2009

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