Lighting up the genetic understanding of fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-215

  Oren, Ohad ^a   Ablin, Jacob N ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; GCH1 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84874858775     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.121411     Document Type: Editorial

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