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Classification of nociceptors – To what purpose?

Received 10 December 2009 ,Accepted 18 December 2009.

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☆ The full length article to which this Commentary refers to was published in the January 2010 issue of PAIN, Volume 148/1, pages 59–69.

PII: S0304-3959(09)00741-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.12.012

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Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 355-356 , March 2010

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