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Association between environmental quality, stress and APOE gene variation in fibromyalgia susceptibility determination.
Revista brasileira de reumatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Becker Roze Mary Ribas, da Silva Vanessa Kappel, Machado Fernanda da Silva, dos Santos Adriana Freitag, Meireles Daiane Cristine, Mergener Michelle, dos Santos Geraldine Alves, de Andrade Fabiana Michelsen
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Fibromyalgia is a multifactorial disease, of which etiology is based on interaction between genetic susceptibility and environment. However, few studies attempted to identify the risk factors. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic influence and its interaction with environmental quality and stress, as possible risk factors for fibromyalgia development. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional...
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