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Difference in treatment response of osteoarthritic pain in the hip and knee

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  1. Sigrun Chrubasik

    Present address: Herbal Medicines Research and Education Center, Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 9, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Sigrun Chrubasik

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK

    Andrew Black

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Chrubasik, S., Black, A. Difference in treatment response of osteoarthritic pain in the hip and knee. Clin Rheumatol 23, 274 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-004-0868-9

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