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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Brain-specific genes contribute to chronic but not to acute back pain.

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Papers: 13 Aug 2022 - 19 Aug 2022


2022 Sep-Oct


Pain Rep


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35975136?dopt=Abstract


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Brain-specific genes contribute to chronic but not to acute back pain.

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Brain-specific genes contribute to chronic but not to acute back pain.
Bortsov AV, Parisien M, Khoury S, Martinsen AE, Lie M U, Heuch I, Hveem K, Zwart J-A, Winsvold BS, Diatchenko L
Pain Rep. 2022 Sep-Oct; 7(5):e1018.
PMID: 35975136.

Abstract

Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Although most back pain cases are acute, 20% of acute pain patients experience chronic back pain symptoms. It is unclear whether acute pain and chronic pain have similar or distinct underlying genetic mechanisms.
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