Genetic predictors of acute and chronic pain

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Edwards, Robert R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PROTEIN NTRK 1; PROTEIN SLC 6 A4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 33846274594     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-006-0034-2     Document Type: Review

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