Pain - An overview

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 880-884

  Melzack, R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neuromatrix; Pain pathology

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0032844325     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430903.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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