In clinical practice, the term "central sensitivity score" is more useful than the term "polysymptomatic distress scale": Comment on the Editorial by Wolfe

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2553-

  Littlejohn, Geoffrey O ^a   Guymer, Emma K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SENSITIVITY SCORE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYSYMPTOMATIC DISTRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84940118095     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.39213     Document Type: Letter

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