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Volume 145, Issue 3 , Pages 304-311 , October 2009

Ketamine produces effective and long-term pain relief in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1

  • Marnix J. Sigtermans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jacobus J. van Hilten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Martin C.R. Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • M. Sesmu Arbous

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johan Marinus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Elise Y. Sarton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Albert Dahan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 71 526 2301; fax: +31 71 526 4824.

Received 1 April 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.023

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