Fibromyalgia - Worth a diagnosis?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Hannonen, Pekka ^a  

^a Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 84872179464     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.618810     Document Type: Editorial

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