Accuracy of the diagnosis of fibromyalgia by family physicians: Is the pendulum shifting?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Shleyfer, Elena ^a   Jotkowitz, Alan ^a   Karmon, Anatte ^a   Nevzorov, Roman ^a   Cohen, Hagit ^a   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family physician; Fibromyalgia; Misdiagnosis; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 58149517574     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080468     Document Type: Article

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