Reliability of ACR criteria over time to differentiate classic fibromyalgia from nonspecific widespread pain syndrome: A 6-month prospective cohort study

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-669

  Bidari, Ali ^a   Ghavidel Parsa, Banafsheh ^b   Ghalehbaghi, Babak ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Fibromyalgia; Pain syndromes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALGESIMETRY; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 73349126093     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-009-0222-9     Document Type: Article

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