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Theme: Pain - Editorial

Methods to focalize noninvasive electrical brain stimulation: principles and future clinical development for the treatment of pain

Thais Cano Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Jorge Leon Morales-Quezada Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Marom Bikson Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York of CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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Felipe Fregni Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected]
Pages 465-467 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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