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Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Pain Research Unit, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Transitional Pain Service, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ² Department of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: mfitzcharles@sympatico.ca.