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Genetic variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis influences susceptibility to musculoskeletal pain: results from the EPIFUND study.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Mar 2010
Holliday Kate L, Nicholl Barbara I, Macfarlane Gary J, Thomson Wendy, Davies Kelly A, McBeth John
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OBJECTIVES: To determine if genetic variation in genes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the primary stress response system, influences susceptibility to developing musculoskeletal pain. METHODS: Pain and comorbidity data was collected at three time points in a prospective population-based cohort study. Pairwise tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected and genotyped for seven...
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