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HLA-B62 and HLA-DQ8 are associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome with fixed dystonia.
Pain - 1 Sept 2009
de Rooij Annetje M, Florencia Gosso M, Haasnoot Geert W, Marinus Johan, Verduijn Willem, Claas Frans H J, van den Maagdenberg Arn M J M, van Hilten Jacobus J
Abstract excerpt
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is clinically characterized by pain in combination with sensory, autonomic, and motor symptoms that may include weakness, tremor, myoclonus and dystonia of the affected limb(s). The syndrome is multifactorial in origin and mostly attributed to tissue injury. There is some evidence that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system plays a role in the pathophysiology of CRPS, but...
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