Arthritis Research & Therapy

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis function and the relationship with chronic widespread pain and its antecedents

John McBeth1*, Yee H Chiu2, Alan J Silman1, David Ray3, Richard Morriss4, Chris Dickens5, Anindya Gupta1 and Gary J Macfarlane1,2

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1 Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) Epidemiology Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

2 Unit of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

3 Endocrine Sciences Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

4 University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

5 Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005, 7:R992-R1000 doi:10.1186/ar1772

Published: 17 June 2005

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