Health status and disease severity in fibromyalgia: Results of a six- center longitudinal study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1571-1579

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b   Anderson, Janice ^b   Harkness, Deborah ^b   Bennett, Robert M ^c   Caro, Xavier J ^d   Goldenberg, Don L ^e   Russell, I Jon ^f   Yunus, Muhammad B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030825210     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400905     Document Type: Article

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