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SUBMITTER: Moen A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160243 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moen Aurora A Schistad Elina Iordanova EI Rygh Lars Jørgen LJ Røe Cecilie C Gjerstad Johannes J
PloS one 20140910 9
Previous studies indicate that lumbar radicular pain following disc herniation may be associated with release of several pro-inflammatory mediators, including interleukin-1 (IL1). In the present study, we examined how genetic variability in IL1A (rs1800587 C>T), IL1B (rs1143627 T>C) and IL1RN (rs2234677 G>A) influenced the clinical outcome the first year after disc herniation. Patients (n = 258) with lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation were recruited from two hospitals in Norway. Pain a ...[more]