Fibromyalgia syndrome: A role for sexual abuse and other traumatic events?

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Raphael, Karen G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33748935013     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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