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Genetic variability of the mu-opioid receptor influences intrathecal fentanyl analgesia requirements in laboring women.
Pain - 30 Sept 2008
Landau Ruth, Kern Christian, Columb Malachy O, Smiley Richard M, Blouin Jean-Louis
Abstract excerpt
Labor initiates one of the most intensely painful episodes in a woman's life. Opioids are used to provide analgesia with substantial interindividual variability in efficacy. mu-Opioid receptor (muOR, OPRM1) genetic variants may explain differences in response to opioid analgesia. We hypothesized...
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