Fibromyalgia syndrome in children and adolescents: Clinical features at presentation and status at follow-up

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 377-382

  Siegel, David M ^a,b   Janeway, David ^a   Baum, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia syndrome; Pain; Pediatric rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0031881759     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.3.377     Document Type: Article

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