Aberrances in autonomic cardiovascular regulation in fibromyalgia syndrome and their relevance for clinical pain reports

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-470

  Reyes Del Paso, Gustavo A ^a   Garrido, Sergio ^a   Pulgar, Ángeles ^a   Martín Vázquez, María ^a   Duschek, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Blood pressure; Fibromyalgia; Heart rate variability; RR interval; Stress.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953363117     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181da91f1     Document Type: Article

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