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Nondermatomal somatosensory deficits (NDSDs): A neuropsychobiological phenomenon?

Received 6 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 April 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00218-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.014

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