The evaluation of prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with chronic urticaria

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 757-761

  Yener, Mahmut ^a   Erturan, Ijlal ^a   Murat Ceyhan, Ali ^a   Erkol Inal, Esra ^a   Kazanoglu, Oya Oylum ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic urticaria; Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Frequency; Urticaria activity score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URTICARIAL ACTIVITY SCORE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84884315211     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889626     Document Type: Article

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