Problems with myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 593-597

  Bohr, Thomas ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNDROME;

FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030096650     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.3.593     Document Type: Editorial

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