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Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 243-244 , November 2010

A hairy situation – At least in females

Received 4 August 2010 ,Accepted 4 August 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00471-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.003

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