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Does the pain-protective GTP cyclohydrolase haplotype significantly alter the pattern or severity of pain in humans with chronic pancreatitis?
Molecular pain - 17 Nov 2008
Lazarev Mark, Lamb Janette, Barmada M Michael, Dai Feng, Anderson Michelle A, Max Mitchell B, Whitcomb David C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pain is often a dominant clinical feature of chronic pancreatitis but the frequency and severity is highly variable between subjects. We hypothesized that genetic polymorphisms contribute to variations in clinical pain patterns. Since genetic variations in the GTP cyclohydrolase (GCH1...
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