Fibromyalgia diagnosis: A review of the past, present and future

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 667-679

  Wang, Sheng Min ^a,b   Han, Changsu ^c   Lee, Soo Jung ^a   Patkar, Ashwin A ^d   Masand, Prakash S ^e   Pae, Chi Un ^a,d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Global Medical Education Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; controversy; diagnosis; fibromyalgia; history; pain

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MEDICALIZATION; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DISABILITY; HISTORY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84930458078     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2015.1046841     Document Type: Review

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