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Editorial

Managing Pain by Visually Distorting the Size of Painful Body Parts: Is There Any Therapeutic Value?

Priscilla G Wittkopf1 Centre for Pain Research, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK;2 Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UKView further author information
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Mark I Johnson1 Centre for Pain Research, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK;2 Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 201-204 | Received 29 Oct 2015, Accepted 13 Dec 2015, Published online: 10 Mar 2016

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