Dietary Glutamate Will Not Affect Pain in Fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 785-787

  Geenen, Rinie ^a   Janssens, Erica L ^b   Jacobs, Johannes W G ^b   Van Staveren, Wija A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary amino acids; Fibromyalgia; Glutamate; Monosodium glutamate; Pain

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INGESTION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIET; DIET THERAPY; PAIN; REVIEW;

DIET; FIBROMYALGIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 2542425745     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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