Fibromyalgia: A biopsychosocial syndrome

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 887-888

  Buskila, Dan ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SUBSTANCE P;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HEREDITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IRRITABLE COLON; JOINT STIFFNESS; LASER; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TEGMENTUM; TILT TABLE TEST;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0348149208     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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