Genetic and environmental determinants of postthoracotomy pain syndrome

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-11

  Shaw, Andrew ^a,b   Keefe, Francis J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Lung cancer; Pain; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSESTHESIA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTHORACOTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL STRESS; THORACOTOMY;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 38149094234     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f2daa2     Document Type: Review

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