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First evidence of a polygenic susceptibility to pain in a pediatric cohort.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Jan 2013
Mamie Chantal, Rebsamen Michela C, Morris Michael A, Morabia Alfredo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is currently no evidence about the genetic bases of postoperative pain variability in children. METHODS: We prospectively followed a cohort of 168 children after orthopedic or abdominal surgery, who were under morphine patient-controlled analgesia. The children and their parents were genotyped for 6 candidate-gene polymorphisms (single-nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) implicated in nociception...
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