Myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia: A critical assessment and alternate view

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-85

  Aronoff, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospital   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSITIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES;

EID: 0031895393     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199803000-00011     Document Type: Article

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