Unmasking mechanisms of peripheral neuropathic pain in a clinical perspective

Pain Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 272-292

  Hansson, Per ^a   Kinnman, Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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ETIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; REVIEW;

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