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Original Article

Thresholds for the Perception of Pressure, Sharpness, and Mechanically Evoked Cutaneous Pain: Effects of Laterality and Repeated Testing

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Pages 311-317 | Accepted 06 Sep 1994, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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