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Hypoalgesia related to elevated resting blood pressure is absent in adolescents and young adults with a history of functional abdominal pain

  • Stephen Bruehl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 701 Medical Arts Building, 1211 Twenty-First Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. Tel.: +1 (615) 936 1821; fax: +1 (615) 936 8983.
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  • Christine M. Dengler-Crish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Craig A. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Lynn S. Walker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA

Received 24 September 2009 ,Revised 23 November 2009 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.01.009

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