Brief report: Long-term assessment of fibromyalgia in patients with culture-confirmed Lyme disease

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 837-839

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Weitzner, Erica ^a   McKenna, Donna ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Scavarda, Carol ^a   Farber, Shimon ^a   Prakash, Priya ^a   Ash, Julia ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 84923586639     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.38972     Document Type: Article

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