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SUBMITTER: Young EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3821734 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Young Erin E EE Young Erin E EE Lariviere William R WR Belfer Inna I
Journal of medical genetics 20111105 1
An estimated 15-50% of the population experiences pain at any given time, at great personal and societal cost. Pain is the most common reason patients seek medical attention, and there is a high degree of individual variability in reporting the incidence and severity of symptoms. Research suggests that pain sensitivity and risk for chronic pain are complex heritable traits of polygenic origin. Animal studies and candidate gene testing in humans have provided some progress in understanding the he ...[more]