Evidence for an Altered Tryptophan Metabolism in Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent syndrome with chronic pain and a hypothesized underlying disturbance of the tryptophan (TRP) metabolism. We performed a tryptophan depletion (TD) test in 17 FM patients and 17 controls. TRP, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), kynurenine (KYN), and interleukin-6 (IL...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-12-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996102905632 |