Intraplantar zymosan as a reliable, quantifiable model of thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia in the rat

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Meller, S T ^a,b   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0001820611     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(97)90052-5     Document Type: Article

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