Skin cytokine expression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is not different from controls

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Üçeyler, Nurcan ^a   Kewenig, Susanne ^a   Kafke, Waldemar ^a   Kittel Schneider, Sarah ^a   Sommer, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Monopolar depression; Opioid receptor; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RNA 18S; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PUNCH BIOPSY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; THIGH; TISSUE LEVEL; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 84908145225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0185-0     Document Type: Article

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