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aDanish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark bDepartment of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark cDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark dDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark ePain Research, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom *Corresponding author. Address: Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Neurological Research J109, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 165, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. Tel.: +45 7846 3382. E-mail address: [email protected] (N. B. Finnerup). Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.