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Apolipoprotein e4 genotype increases the risk of being diagnosed with posttraumatic fibromyalgia.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation - 1 Mar 2011
Reeser Jonathan C, Payne Erin, Kitchner Terrie, McCarty Catherine A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the apolipoprotein E4 (Apo E4) allele may be a genetic risk factor for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). DESIGN: A retrospective assessment of associations between Apo E4 genotype and selected environmental exposures among a cohort diagnosed with FMS compared with control subjects. SETTING: Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation's Personalized Medicine Research Project (PMRP) biobank....
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