Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim Freidin et al. find that chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions at four distinct anatomical sites share a common genetic background. The authors constructed genetically independent phenotypes (GIP) from principal components analysis of the different pain phenotypes and used the GIPs to perform genome-wide association studies to identify underlying genetic factors.
- Yakov A. Tsepilov
- Maxim B. Freidin
- Yurii S. Aulchenko
