Overlap of fibromyalgia with other medical conditions

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-350

  Lavín, Manuel Martínez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Chronic Widespread Pain; Fibromyalgia; Lyme Disease; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FIBROMYALGIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 0035430134     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-001-0024-z     Document Type: Article

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