Chapter 7 Pain and the spinal cord

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2006, Pages 77-92

  Cervero, Fernando ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67649397540     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(06)80011-4     Document Type: Article

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