Old and new criteria for the classification and diagnosis of fibromyalgia: Comparison and evaluation

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.74, 2012, Pages

  Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Diagnosis; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY CRITERIA; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA ASSESSMENT STATUS; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTAL TOUCHER; REGIONAL PAIN SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGIDITY; SELF ASSESSMENT PAIN SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN ROLL TENDERNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STRESS; SURVEY CRITERIA; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM INTENSITY SCALE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDER POINT; TRIGGER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING UNREFRESHED; WIDESPREAD PAIN IINDEX; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874951561     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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