Lupus patients with fatigue - Is there a link with fibromyalgia syndrome?

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 620-623

  Taylor, J ^a,c   Skan, J ^b   Erb, N ^b   Carruthers, D ^b   Bowman, S ^b   Gordon, C ^b   Isenberg, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033913235     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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