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Increased capsaicin receptor TRPV1 in skin nerve fibres and related vanilloid receptors TRPV3 and TRPV4 in keratinocytes in human breast pain

BACKGROUND: Breast pain and tenderness affects 70% of women at some time. These symptoms have been attributed to stretching of the nerves with increase in breast size, but tissue mechanisms are poorly understood. METHODS: Eighteen patients (n = 12 breast reduction and n = 6 breast reconstruction) we...

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Autores principales: Gopinath, Preethi, Wan, Elaine, Holdcroft, Anita, Facer, Paul, Davis, John B, Smith, Graham D, Bountra, Chas, Anand, Praveen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC554997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15755319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-5-2