PAIN
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 406-407 , May 2010

A response to Wasan editorial “Spinal cord stimulation in a workers’ compensation population: How difficult it can be to interpret a clinical trial”: Stimulating discussion

Received 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 9 February 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00089-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.014

PAIN
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 406-407 , May 2010

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