title: Acute and chronic pain associated with leprosy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Pain Research, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Pain Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Siddarth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dworkin
authors.forename: Omer M O
authors.initials: OMO
authors.lastname: Haroun
authors.forename: Diana N J
authors.initials: DNJ
authors.lastname: Lockwood
authors.forename: Andrew S C
authors.initials: ASC
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*
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