PAIN
Volume 145, Issue 3 , Pages 276-278 , October 2009

Pain in dementia

  • Erik Scherder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, VU-University, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 5988761; fax: +31 20 5988971.
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  • Keela Herr

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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  • Gisèle Pickering

      Affiliations

    • CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clinical Pharmacology Centre, University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Stephen Gibson

      Affiliations

    • National Ageing Research Institute, P.O. Box 31, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia
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  • Fabrizio Benedetti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin Medical School and National Institute of Neuroscience, Turin, Italy
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  • Stefan Lautenbacher

      Affiliations

    • Physiological Psychology, University of Bamberg, Markusplatz 3, Bamberg 96045, Germany

Received 15 January 2009 ,Revised 24 March 2009 ,Accepted 13 April 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00215-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.007

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