Health-related quality of life in fibromyalgia patients: a comparison with rheumatoid arthritis patients and the general population using the SF-36 health survey.

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Published in Clin Exp Rheumatol on January 15, 2010

Authors

F Salaffi1, P Sarzi-Puttini, R Girolimetti, F Atzeni, S Gasparini, W Grassi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. fsalaff@tin.it

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