Clinical characteristics of 150 consecutive fibromyalgia patients attending an Australian public hospital clinic

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-357

  Guymer, Emma K ^a   Maruff, Paul ^b   Littlejohn, Geoffrey O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian population; Fibromyalgia characteristics

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; PREGABALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865300081     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2012.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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