PAIN
Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 4-5 , September 2009

Somatization: or another God that failed

Received 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 29 April 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00257-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.031

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Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 4-5 , September 2009

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