Prospective epidemiological observations on the course of the disease in fibromyalgia patients

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Nöller, Vera ^a   Sprott, Haiko ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENSION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY; EMPLOYMENT; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042665708     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-2-1     Document Type: Article

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