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Long lasting antalgic effects of daily repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in neuropathic pain
  1. S Owen1,
  2. T Z Aziz2
  1. 1University Department of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  2. 2Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor T Z Aziz
 Department of Neurosurgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK; tipu.azizphysiol.ox.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.060483

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