Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 8-12 , January 2008

The neurobiology of chronic pain states

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00262-7

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.10.006

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 8-12 , January 2008

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