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Susceptibility loci for complex regional pain syndrome.
Pain - 1 May 2003
van de Beek Willem-Johan T, Roep Bart O, van der Slik Arno R, Giphart Marius J, van Hilten Bob J
Abstract excerpt
An association between HLA-DR13 and patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) who progressed towards multifocal or generalized tonic dystonia was recently reported. We now report on a new locus, centromeric in HLA-class I, which was significantly associated with a spontaneous development of CRPS, suggesting an interaction between trauma severity and genetic factors conferring CRPS susceptibility....
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