Tender point assessment in juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 785-787

  Swain, Nicole F ^a   Kashikar Zuck, Susmita ^b   Graham, T Brent ^b   Prahalad, Sampath ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; JUVENILE PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME; MYALGIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 26844555176     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21442     Document Type: Article

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