Is fibromyalgia a neuropathic pain syndrome?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 75, 2005, Pages 38-40

  Rowbotham, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Nervous system; Pathologic processes

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; NEURALGIA; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 23444439825     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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