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Variations in potassium channel genes are associated with breast pain in women prior to breast cancer surgery.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2000
Langford Dale J, West Claudia, Elboim Charles, Cooper Bruce A, Abrams Gary, Paul Steven M, Schmidt Brian L, Levine Jon D, Merriman John D, Dhruva Anand, Neuhaus John, Leutwyler Heather, Baggott Christina, Sullivan Carmen Ward, Aouizerat Bradley E, Miaskowski Christine
Abstract excerpt
Preoperative breast pain in women with breast cancer may result from a number of causes. Previous work from our team found that breast pain occurred in 28.2% of women (n = 398) who were about to undergo breast cancer surgery. The occurrence of preoperative breast pain was associated with a number of demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as variation in two cytokine genes. Given that ion channels...
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