Fibromyalgia syndrome: An overview of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-195

  Jahan, Firdous ^a   Nanji, Kashmira ^b   Qidwai, Waris ^b   Qasim, Rizwan ^a  

^a OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Fibromyalgia; Pathophysiology and management of fibromyalgia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DULOXETINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYBATE SODIUM; PARACETAMOL; PRAMIPEXOLE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THYROTROPIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SLEEP; X RAY;

EID: 84864473216     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2012.44     Document Type: Review

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