Cluster Analysis of Clinical Data Identifies Fibromyalgia Subgroups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Docampo, Elisa ^a,b,c   Collado, Antonio ^d,i   Escaramís, Geòrgia ^a,b,c   Carbonell, Jordi ^e,i   Rivera, Javier ^f,i   Vidal, Javier ^g,i   Alegre, José ^h,i   Rabionet, Raquel ^a,b,c   Estivill, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

ⁱ Rheumatology Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; SPAIN;

EID: 84884757026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074873     Document Type: Article

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