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Original Research

Cannabis and intractable chronic pain: an explorative retrospective analysis of Italian cohort of 614 patients

Guido Fanelli1 Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Unit, Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma;2 Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Parma, ParmaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Giuliano De Carolis3 Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa
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Claudio Leonardi4 Department of Drug Addiction Diseases, Local Public Health of Rome, Rome
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Adele Longobardi5 Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples;6 Young Against the Pain (YAP) Group, Parma
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Ennio Sarli7 Progetti Live Surgery;8 PinHub Group, Florence, Italy
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Massimo Allegri1 Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Unit, Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma;2 Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Parma, Parma
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Michael E Schatman9 Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Pages 1217-1224 | Published online: 22 May 2017

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