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Original Article

Pain drawing evaluation–the problem with the clinically biased surgeon: Intra- and interobserver agreement in 50 cases related to clinical bias

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Pages 408-411 | Received 15 Nov 1997, Accepted 08 Mar 1998, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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