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Editorial

Pharmacotherapy of Neuropathic Pain: Time To Rewrite The Rulebook?

Nanna B Finnerup1 Department of Clinical Medicine, Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nadine Attal2 INSERM U-987, Centre d’Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, APHP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France;3 Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, FranceView further author information
Pages 1-3 | Received 24 Aug 2015, Accepted 16 Sep 2015, Published online: 17 Dec 2015

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