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Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 5-6 , 15 December 2009

Topical analgesic medication – The dawn of a new era

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00529-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.09.010

PAIN
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 5-6 , 15 December 2009