Delineating psychological and biomedical profiles in a heterogeneous fibromyalgia population using cluster analysis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Loevinger, Barbara L ^a   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^b   Muller, Daniel ^a   Alonso, Carmen ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Fibromyalgia; Immune; Maltreatment; Metabolic; Neuroendocrine 6 MeSH terms ; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PAIN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859736755     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1912-1     Document Type: Article

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