Quantitative sensory testing scaled up for multicenter clinical research networks: a promising start

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Karin Lottrup Petersen et al. Pain. 2006 Aug.

. 2006 Aug;123(3):219-220.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.04.025. Epub 2006 Jun 15.

¹ UCSF Pain Clinical Research Center, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

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Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): standardized protocol and reference values.
Rolke R, Baron R, Maier C, Tölle TR, Treede -DR, Beyer A, Binder A, Birbaumer N, Birklein F, Bötefür IC, Braune S, Flor H, Huge V, Klug R, Landwehrmeyer GB, Magerl W, Maihöfner C, Rolko C, Schaub C, Scherens A, Sprenger T, Valet M, Wasserka B. Rolke R, et al. Pain. 2006 Aug;123(3):231-243. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.041. Epub 2006 May 11. Pain. 2006. PMID: 16697110

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