Awareness of diagnostic and clinical features of fibromyalgia among family physicians

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-241

  Buskila, Dan ^a   Neumann, Lily ^a   Sibirski, David ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family physician; Fibromyalgia; Tender points

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030978385     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.3.238     Document Type: Article

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