Mechanisms and clinical management of pain

Pain is an unpleasant, sensitive and emotional experience associated with or described in terms of tissue lesion, and may be acute or chronic. It may also be classified as nociceptive, neuropathic or psychogenic. Nociceptive pain involves the transformation of environmental stimuli into action poten...

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Main Authors: Patrick Raymond Nicolas Andre Ghislain Stump, Gisele da Silva Dalben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2012-01-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242012000700017