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Fibromyalgia and Physical Trauma: The Concepts We Invent

Frederick Wolfe, Winfried Häuser, Brian T. Walitt, Robert S. Katz, Johannes J. Rasker and Anthony S. Russell
The Journal of Rheumatology September 2014, 41 (9) 1737-1745; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.140268
Frederick Wolfe
From the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Rheumatology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; Department of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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