Familial aggregation in the fibromyalgia syndrome

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-611

  Buskila, D ^a   Neumann, L ^a   Hazanov, I ^a   Carmi, R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

familial; Fibromyalgia; genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

EID: 0030442453     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(96)80011-4     Document Type: Article

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