Persistent pain after lymph node excision in patients with malignant melanoma is neuropathic
✍ Scribed by Hilde Høimyr; Kristina A. Rokkones; Marie L. von Sperling; Kenneth Finnerup; Troels S. Jensen; Nanna B. Finnerup
- Book ID
- 113839823
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 489 KB
- Volume
- 152
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3959
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