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Jordi Miró1, Kevin J Gertz, Gregory T Carter

  • 1Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain-ALGOS, Centre de Recerca en Avaluació i Mesura del Comportament, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

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|November 10, 2012
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