Tender points, depressive and functional symptoms: Comparison between fibromyalgia and major depression

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-79

  Fassbender, K ^b,c   Samborsky, W ^a   Kellner, M ^b   Muller W ^a   Lautenbacher, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

depression; fibromyalgia; pain; tender points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 0031040630     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238767     Document Type: Article

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