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Increased risk of persistent neuropathic pain after traumatic nerve injury and surgery for carriers of a human leukocyte antigen haplotype.
Pain - 1 Jun 2024
Miclescu Adriana, Rönngren Clara, Bengtsson Mats, Gordh Torsten, Hedin Anders
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ABSTRACT: It is not known why some patients develop persistent pain after nerve trauma while others do not. Among multiple risk factors for the development of persistent posttrauma and postsurgical pain, a neuropathic mechanism due to iatrogenic nerve lesion has been proposed as the major cause of these conditions. Because there is some evidence that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system plays a role in...
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