Chronic Pain and Pain Tolerance in Psoriasis: A Cross-sectional Study of Three Population-based Cohorts in the Netherlands and Norway
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Psoriasis, Psoriatic arthritis, Chronic pain, Quantitative Sensory Tests, Cross-sectional study, Population-based studyDownloads
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