A response to O'Connell et al. letter "a failure of the review process? Comment on Ahsin et al. Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Pain 2009;147: 60-6"

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Christopher Brown et al. Pain. 2010 Apr.

. 2010 Apr;149(1):161.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.003. Epub 2010 Feb 20.

¹ University of Manchester, Human Pain Research Group, Clinical Sciences Building, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Eccles, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

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Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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