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Analgesia in conjunction with normalisation of thermal sensation following deep brain stimulation for central post-stroke pain

  • Anthony E. Pickering

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK
    • Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. Tel.: +44 (0)117 331 2311; fax: +44 (0)117 331 2288.
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  • Simon R. Thornton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK
    • ,
  • Sarah J. Love-Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
    • ,
  • Charlotte Steeds

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol, UK
    • ,
  • Nikunj K. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK

Received 18 July 2009 ,Revised 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 September 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00530-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.09.011

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