Antipolymer antibodies in Danish fibromyalgia patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-229

  Jensen, Bente ^a,b,f   Wittrup, Irene Hechmann ^a   Wiik, Allan ^c   Bliddal, Henning ^a   Friis, Søren ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^d,e   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b,e  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Antipolymer antibodies; Fibromyalgia; Myalgic score; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; POLYMER ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERVIEW; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842606533     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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