title: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain.
abstract: Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topics addressed in this issue are Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and associated chronic pain; the information is meant to help readers understand the mechanisms for pain in this connective tissue disorder as well as general treatment principles for chronic pain management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. lanny.hsu@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Lanny
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics