Barke, Antonia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6863-3213
Korwisi, Beatrice
Casser, Hans-Raimund
Fors, Egil A.
Geber, Christian
Schug, Stephan A.
Stubhaug, Audun
Ushida, Takahiro
Wetterling, Thomas
Rief, Winfried
Treede, Rolf-Detlef
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Association for the Study of Pain
Article History
Received: 26 February 2018
Accepted: 19 October 2018
First Online: 7 November 2018
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: ABs position is funded by the <i>International Association for the Study of Pain</i> (IASP). AS, BK, CW, HRC, SAS, TU, TW declare no competing interest.RDT reports grants from European Union and EFPIA companies, grants from Pfizer, grants from BMBF, during the conduct of the study; grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Astellas, AbbVie, Bayer, personal fees from Astellas, GrĂ¼nenthal, Bauerfeind, Hydra, Bayer, outside the submitted work; in addition, RDT has a patent DE 103 31,250.1–35 with royalties paid to MRC Systems.WR reports grants from IASP during the course of the study; personal fees from Heel and Berlin Chemie, outside the submitted work.
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