Thyroid autoimmunity may represent a predisposition for the development of fibromyalgia?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-341

  Bazzichi, L ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Zirafa, C ^a   Monzani, F ^a   Tognini, S ^a   Dardano, A ^a   Santini, F ^a   Tonacchera, M ^a   De Servi, M ^a   Giacomelli, C ^a   De Feo, F ^a   Doveri, M ^a   Massimetti, G ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antithyroglobulin antibody; Antithyroperoxidase antibody; Fibromyalgia; Non organ specific autoantibodies; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; TENSION HEADACHE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84857057506     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1620-1     Document Type: Article

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