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Dobrivoje S Stokic1, Markus Kofler2, Ivana Stetkarova3

  • 1Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery, Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS, USA.

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
|August 5, 2019
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A-delta fibersCutaneous silent periodExteroceptive suppressionSpinal inhibitory reflex

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