Outcome and predictor relationships in fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence concerning the continuum versus discrete disorder hypothesis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-836

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a   Michaud, Kaleb ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Etiology; Fibromyalgia; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WORK DISABILITY; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149122979     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080897     Document Type: Article

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