S100B single nucleotide polymorphisms exhibit sex-specific associations with chronic pain in sickle cell disease in a largely African-American cohort

• Ellie H. Jhun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ellie H. Jhun, Nilanjana Sadhu

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Nilanjana Sadhu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ellie H. Jhun, Nilanjana Sadhu

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Ying He,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Yingwei Yao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Diana J. Wilkie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-8933

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• Robert E. Molokie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-7395

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• Zaijie Jim Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zjwang@uic.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurology & Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3496-4655

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