European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , July 2009

Use of complementary medicine in patients with chronic pain

  • Andreas Ossendorf

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Erika Schulte

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Katja Hermann

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Hartmut Hagmeister

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Michael Schenk

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Andreas Kopf

      Affiliations

    • Dept. for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Sigrid Schuh-Hofer

      Affiliations

    • Department for Experimental Neurology, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Stefan N. Willich

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Anne Berghöfer

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +4930450529034; fax: +4930450529902.

Received 27 March 2009 ,Revised 11 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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PII: S1876-3820(09)00023-7

doi: 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.05.002

European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , July 2009

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