An insight into the gastrointestinal component of fibromyalgia: clinical manifestations and potential underlying mechanisms

Rheumatology International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-444

  Slim, Mahmoud ^a   Calandre, Elena Pita ^a   Rico Villademoros, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain gut axis alterations; Fibromyalgia; Food hypersensitivity; Gastrointestinal symptoms

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

CELIAC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FERMENTATION; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CELIAC DISEASE; DISACCHARIDES; FERMENTATION; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MONOSACCHARIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84929657538     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-014-3109-9     Document Type: Review

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