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Research ArticleOMERACT 9: International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology, Kananaskis Village, Alberta, Canada, May 27–31, 2008

Content and Criterion Validity of the Preliminary Core Dataset for Clinical Trials in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

ERNEST H. CHOY, LESLEY M. ARNOLD, DANIEL J. CLAUW, LESLIE J. CROFFORD, JENNIFER M. GLASS, LEE S. SIMON, SUSAN A. MARTIN, C. VIBEKE STRAND, DAVID A. WILLIAMS and PHILIP J. MEASE
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2009, 36 (10) 2330-2334; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.090368
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