Importance of genetic influences on chronic widespread pain

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1682-1686

  Kato, Kenji ^a   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a,b   Evengård, Birgitta ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646493363     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21798     Document Type: Article

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