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An observational study of the impact of genetic testing for pain perception in the clinical management of chronic non-cancer pain.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jun 2017
Sharma Maneesh, Kantorovich Svetlana, Lee Chee, Anand Natasha, Blanchard John, Fung Eric T, Meshkin Brian, Brenton Ashley, Richeimer Steven
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OBJECTIVE: Pain levels are a key metric in clinical care. However, the assessment of pain is limited to basic questionnaires and physician interpretation, which yield subjective data. Genetic markers of pain sensitivity, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms in the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene, have been shown to be associated with pain perception and have been used to provide objective information about a...
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