Researchers studying fibromyalgia strive to identify objective, measurable biomarkers that
may identify susceptible individuals, may facilitate diagnosis, or that parallel activity of the …

In the past decade, we have made tremendous progress in our understanding of fibromyalgia,
which is now recognized as one of many 'central' pain syndromes that are common in the …

… Buskila D, Press J. Neuroendocrine mechanisms in fibromyalgiachronic fatigue. Best Pract
… Cella D, Chang CH. A discussion of item response theory and its applications in health status …

Purpose Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are increasingly used as adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal
women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. AIs are commonly associated …

… pilot trial that could affect power to detect small to moderate effects, the effect size d is also
presented. The magnitude of d has been described as 0.2 = small, 0.5 = moderate, and 0.8 = …

Anxiety and depression have deleterious effects on health. Numerous studies have demonstrated
the negative impact of emotions such as stress and anxiety on heart rate (HR), blood …

Fibromyalgia is a frequent cause of chronic widespread pain and affects up to 5% of the
general population. Diagnosis and treatment have been especially challenging due to limited …

■ Fibromyalgia (FM) is a soft tissue pain syndrome that affects 4% of the population of the
United States.■ American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the classification of FM …

Pain or swelling of a single joint merits prompt evaluation to identify patients in need of urgent
and aggressive care (1). Although there are many minor and easily managed causes of …

… In case 9, out of the 19 abnorma~ metaphases, 17 had a D group chromosome like
marker (M) similar to chromoson~,e 14, with extra genetic material on the short arm (Fig. 3). …