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Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 5-6 , November 2009

Sensory profiles: A new strategy for selecting patients in treatment trials for neuropathic pain

Received 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00389-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.004

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Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 5-6 , November 2009