Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: A modification of the ACR preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1113-1122

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a   Clauw, Daniel J ^b   Fitzcharles, Mary Ann ^c   Goldenberg, Don L ^d   Häuser, Winfried ^e   Katz, Robert S ^f   Mease, Philip ^g   Russell, Anthony S ^h   Russell, I Jon ⁱ   Winfield, John B ^j  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Criteria; Diagnosis; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOM SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCALE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WIDESPREAD PAIN INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79957809749     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100594     Document Type: Article

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