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Table 1

From: Does the pain-protective GTP cyclohydrolase haplotype significantly alter the pattern or severity of pain in humans with chronic pancreatitis?

Chronic pancreatitis pain questions from the NAPS2 study [10].

â–¡ A) I have episodes of mild to moderate pain, usually controlled by the medicines noted above.

â–¡ B) I have constant mild to moderate pain, usually controlled by medicines noted above.

â–¡ C) I am usually free of abdominal pain, but I have episodes of severe pain.

â–¡ D) I have constant mild pain that is controlled (as above), plus episodes of severe pain.

â–¡ E) I have constant severe pain that does not change.

  1. Patients in the NAPS2 study were given 5 choices from which to answer the following question. "Several patterns of pain have been described in chronic pancreatitis. In this question, please identify the type of pain that best fits your condition"
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Molecular Pain

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