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Tocotrienol ameliorates behavioral and biochemical alterations in the rat model of alcoholic neuropathy

Received 29 March 2009 ,Revised 27 May 2009 ,Accepted 28 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.028

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