Unhelpful criteria sets for "diagnosis" and "assessment of severity" of fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 975-978

  Smythe, Hugh A ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957815293     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110142     Document Type: Editorial

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