Whiplash and fibromyalgia: An ever-widening gap

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1045-1047

  Shir, Yoram ^a   Pereira, John X ^a   Fitzcharles, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; SUBSTANCE P;

CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33744721063     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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