Pain is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in women with fibromyalgia

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 959-969

  Hassett, Afton L ^a   Epel, Elissa ^b   Clauw, Daniel J ^a   Harris, Richard E ^a   Harte, Steven E ^a   Kairys, Anson ^a   Buyske, Steven ^c   Williams, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fibromyalgia; neuroimaging; Pain; premature aging; telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADULT; CELL AGING; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TELOMERE;

EID: 84866916085     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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