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Fibromyalgia: epidemiology and risk factors, a population-based case-control study in Damascus, Syria.

2021-12-10

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease with a high burden. We aim to be the first to investigate the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in Syria and assess its risk factors. Methods a self-reported questionnaire was distributed to the public to identify fibromyalgia patients using the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010 modified criteria. Identified cases were matched using...

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Literature Corpus work: 02c924b0-357a-5b77-b516-e8c3acdb800b
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1157010/v1

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