Clinical correlate of brain SPECT perfusion abnormalities in fibromyalgia

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1798-1803

  Guedj, Eric ^a   Cammilleri, Serge ^a   Niboyet, Jean ^b   Dupont, Patricia ^b   Vidal, Eric ^b   Dropinski, Jean Pierre ^b   Mundler, Olivier ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique La Phoceanne   (France)

Author keywords

Brain SPECT; Disability; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Voxel based analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57349090412     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.053264     Document Type: Article

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