The frequency of thyroid antibodies in fibromyalgia patients and their relationship with symptoms

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Pamuk, Ömer Nuri ^a,b   Çakir, Necati ^a,b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Altunizade   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depression; Fibromyalgia; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid peroxidase antibody

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE ANXIETY DEPRESSION SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33845866350     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0237-y     Document Type: Article

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