Menstrual cycle influences on pain and emotion in women with fibromyalgia

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 451-458

  Alonso, Carmen ^a   Loevinger, Barbara L ^a   Muller, Daniel ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fibromyalgia; Menstrual cycle; Pain; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 9644264099     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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