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Two types of clinical heterogeneity. Due to symptom heterogeneity, many patients with chronic pain have a combination of recurrent acute pain and chronic ongoing pain, variable evidence of tissue damage and differences in cognitive and mood symptoms. The underlying mechanistic heterogeneity reflects variability in nociceptive, inflammatory, neuropathic and central mechanisms.
