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[Postoperative pain management following orthognathic surgery in consideration of individual differences--is the antinociceptive effect of fentanyl related to the genotype involving nucleotide at OPRM1?].
Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology - 1 Sept 2009
Fukuda Ken-ichi, Hayashida Masakazu, Ikeda Kazutaka
Abstract excerpt
We experience individual differences in pain and sensitivity to analgesics clinically. Genetic factors are known to influence individual difference. Polymorphisms in the human OPRM1 gene, which encodes the micro-opioid receptors, may be associated with the clinical effects of opioid analgesics. T...
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