Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2008; 14(25): 4020-4027
Published online Jul 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4020
Is the pain in chronic pancreatitis of neuropathic origin? Support from EEG studies during experimental pain
Asbjørn M Drewes, Maciej Gratkowski, Saber AK Sami, Georg Dimcevski, Peter Funch-Jensen, Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Asbjørn M Drewes, Saber AK Sami, Department of Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Aalborg DK-9000, Denmark
Asbjørn M Drewes, Maciej Gratkowski, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Center for Sensory-Motor Interactions (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg DK-9000, Denmark
Maciej Gratkowski, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Computer Science and Automation Faculty, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau 98684, Germany
Georg Dimcevski, Department of Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway
Peter Funch-Jensen, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology L, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
Author contributions: Drewes AM, Sami SAK and Dimcevski G conducted the experiment; Gratkowski M and Arendt-Nielsen L made the signal analysis; Funch-Jensen P included part of the patients and gave room for the experiments in Aarhus. All authors contributed to the writing process.
Correspondence to: Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Professor, MD, PhD, DMSc, Mech-Sense, Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg DK-9000, Denmark. drewes@smi.auc.dk
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Received: January 23, 2008
Revised: May 1, 2008
Accepted: May 8, 2008
Published online: July 7, 2008
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