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Salt and wounds: a new mechanism for neuropathic pain

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Neuropathic pain syndromes such as phantom limb pain have remained enigmatic to patients, physicians and researchers alike. A new study reveals how nerve damage may alter the pain threshold and lead to such syndromes.

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Figure 1: Principles of pain.

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