The formalin test: an evaluation of the method

Pain - Tập 51 Số 1 - Trang 5-17 - 1992
Arne Tjølsen1, Odd‐Geir Berge2, Steinar Hunskaar3, Jan Henrik Rosland4, Kjell Hole4
1Department of Physiology University of Bergen Norway Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Norway Astra Pain Control, SödertäljeSweden.
2Astra Pain Control, SödertäljeSweden
3Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
4Department of Physiology, University of Bergen, Norway

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