The Journal of Pain
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 101-107 , January 2011

Catechol O-Methyltransferase Haplotype Predicts Immediate Musculoskeletal Neck Pain and Psychological Symptoms After Motor Vehicle Collision

  • Samuel A. McLean

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Samuel A. McLean, MD, The University of North Carolina, Department of Anesthesiology/ Research Program, 101 Manning Drive, CB# 7010, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7010.
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  • Luda Diatchenko

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Young M. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Robert A. Swor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
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  • Robert M. Domeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Jeffrey S. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Spectrum Health - Butterworth Campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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  • Christopher W. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Caroline Reed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Richard E. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • William Maixner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Daniel J. Clauw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Israel Liberzon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 7 October 2009 ,Revised 17 April 2010 ,Accepted 21 May 2010.

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 Support for this study came from NIH K23 KAR050410A (S.A.M.) and institutional resources.

PII: S1526-5900(10)00555-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.05.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 101-107 , January 2011

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