Fibromyalgianess

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-716

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STRESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66749105122     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24553     Document Type: Editorial

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