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Clinical Focus: Pain Management - Review

Utility of lidocaine as a topical analgesic and improvements in patch delivery systems

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Pages 28-36 | Received 11 Sep 2019, Accepted 05 Dec 2019, Published online: 03 Jan 2020

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