Vitamin D deficiency is not associated with nonspecific musculoskeletal pain syndromes including fibromyalgia [1] (multiple letters)

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1585-1586

  Block, Sidney R ^a   Plotnikoff, Gregory A ^b  

^a PA   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 9644303142     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.12.1585     Document Type: Letter

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