Increased Risk of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in ...
The Journal of Pain, Vol 10, No 12 (December), 2009: pp 1250-1255 Available online at
Increased Risk of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Siblings
of Patients?
Annetje M. de Rooij,* Marissa de Mos,y Jacobus J. van Hilten,* Miriam C. J. M. Sturkenboom,y M. Florencia Gosso,z Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg,*z and Johan Marinus*
* Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. y Departments of Medical Informatics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. z Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract: An increased risk among siblings of probands with complex regional pain syndrome
(CRPS) may be indicative of a genetic contribution. We calculated the sibling recurrence risk ratio (lsibling), a measure of familial aggregation. We surveyed 405 CRPS patients to collect information on the occurrence of CRPS in their siblings and compared this risk with the population risk to develop the syndrome. Information on disease status was collected from 1242 siblings, of which 24 were possibly affected according to their siblings. The diagnosis was confirmed in 16 patients, rejected in 2, and could not be verified in the remaining 6. Age-specific risk ratios were calculated for younger ( ................
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