Determinants of pressure pain threshold in adult twins: evidence that shared environmental influences predominate

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Summary

The data suggest that there is no significant genetic contribution to the strong correlation in PPT that is observed in twin pairs, and reinforce the view that learned patterns of behaviour within families are an important determinant of perceived sensitivity to pain.

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Published
1997-11-01
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Intraclass correlation, Confounding, Heritability, Correlation, Twin study

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