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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Potential for gene varient in fibromyalgia correlates with elevated IL-1b levels.

CiteULike: Missense mutations in the MEFV gene are associated with fibromyalgia syndrome and correlate with elevated IL-1beta plasma levels.: "Feng, J., Zhang, Z., Li, W., Shen, X., Song, W., Yang, C., Chang, F., Longmate, J., Marek, C., St Amand, R. P., Krontiris, T. G., Shively, J. E., and Sommer, S. S. (2009). Missense mutations in the mefv gene are associated with fibromyalgia syndrome and correlate with elevated il-1beta plasma levels. PloS one, 4(12)."

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