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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)

Published on: January 27, 2010

[Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) and the placebo effect]

F C Reubi

    Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
    |January 4, 1986
    PubMed

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