KCNS1, but not GCH1, is associated with pain intensity in a black Southern African population with HIV-associated sensory neuropathy: A genetic association study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-30

  Hendry, Liesl ^a,b   Lombard, Zané ^c   Wadley, Antonia ^c   Kamerman, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; GCH1; HIV; KCNS1; neuropathy; pain intensity

Indexed keywords

GCH1 PROTEIN; KCNS1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIV ASSOCIATED SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84876287002     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318285cf36     Document Type: Article

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