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Management of Chronic Pain After Limb Loss

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Ehde, D.M., Wegener, S.T. (2008). Management of Chronic Pain After Limb Loss. In: Gallagher, P., Desmond, D., MacLachlan, M. (eds) Psychoprosthetics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-980-4_4

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