Comment on: "Self-reported somatosensory symptoms of neuropathic pain in fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain correlated with tender point count and pressure-pain thresholds" by Amris et al. [Pain;151:664-669]

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1684-1685

  Mulvey, Matthew R ^a   McBeth, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 79958761274     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.04.003     Document Type: Letter

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