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Stress modulates key psychological processes and characteristic symptoms in females with fibromyalgia.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Malin Katrina, Littlejohn Geoffrey O
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OBJECTIVES: To examine how stress interacts with psychological processes and key phenotypic symptom characteristics in females with fibromyalgia. METHODS: Ninety-eight women with fibromyalgia, diagnosed according to ACR 1990 criteria, and 35 female healthy controls without pain were studied. Applied questionnaires included the following: Perceived Stress scale [PSS], Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [FIQ],...
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