Validation of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia in an Iranian population

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2999-3007

  Bidari, Ali ^a,b   Hassanzadeh, Morteza ^a   Parsa, Banafsheh Ghavidel ^c   Kianmehr, Nahid ^a   Kabir, Ali ^d,e   Pirhadi, Sara ^f   Sayfi, Mohammad ^g   Toutounchi, Mehrangiz ^h   Fattahi, Fariba ^h   Karimi, Fereidoon Zandi ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^g GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

American College of Rheumatology criteria; Fibromyalgia; Iran; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGESIMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892370129     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2829-6     Document Type: Article

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