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¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Pingtung Branch, Pingtung, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

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Wei-Chih Lien et al. Pain. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;158(9):1840-1841.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000970.

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Pingtung Branch, Pingtung, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

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Parkinson disease and musculoskeletal pain: an 8-year population-based cohort study.
Lien WH, Lien WC, Kuan TS, Wu ST, Chen YT, Chiu CJ. Lien WH, et al. Pain. 2017 Jul;158(7):1234-1240. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000904. Pain. 2017. PMID: 28328577
Statin-related musculoskeletal pain in Parkinson's disease.
Jankovic J. Jankovic J. Pain. 2017 Sep;158(9):1840. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000969. Pain. 2017. PMID: 28816887 No abstract available.

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