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Clinical Features - Original Research

A proposed definition of remission from chronic pain, based on retrospective evaluation of 24-month outcomes with spinal cord stimulation

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Pages 278-286 | Received 26 Sep 2018, Accepted 06 Mar 2019, Published online: 22 Mar 2019

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