Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-232

  Bennett, Robert M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Stiffness; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSESTHESIA; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GOLD STANDARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; XEROSTOMIA;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 67651225436     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.05.009     Document Type: Review

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