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1 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Pain Management Center of Paducah, 2831 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003. Electronic address: drlm@thepainmd.com.
2 Department of Anesthesia, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA. Electronic address: akaye@lsuhsc.edu.