Fibromyalgia syndrome: Presentation, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Russell, I Jon ^a,b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

BLADDER IRRITATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABLE COLON; JOINT STIFFNESS; MOOD DISORDER; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 33748929523     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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