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Neuropathic Pain: Redundant Pathways, Inadequate Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Douglas Zochodne
Douglas Zochodne*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , July 2012 , pp. 409 - 410
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