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Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 359-360 , March 2010

The pain matrix: Reloaded or reborn as we image tonic pain using arterial spin labelling

Received 22 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00669-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.11.009

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Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 359-360 , March 2010

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