Evidence of disordered symptom appraisal in fibromyalgia: Increased rates of reported comorbidity and comorbidity severity

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-303

  Wolfe, F ^a   Hawley, D J ^b  

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

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Fibromyalgia; Somatization; Symptom appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032990294     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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