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The genetics of fibromyalgia and its relationships to psychiatric and medical traits.
Nature communications - 28 Jul 2026
Bright Uri, Beck Sarah, Levey Daniel F, Deak Joseph D, Gaziano J Michael, Stein Murray B, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
We explore the genetic mechanisms underlying fibromyalgia, a chronic heritable syndrome. We conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of fibromyalgia in European, African, and Latin American ancestry subjects, combining data from several cohorts (85,139 cases; 1,642,433 controls). We also conduct a multi-trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG), leveraging pain GWAS to enhance power for fibromyalgia analyses. We apply...
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