The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on February 01, 1990

Authors

F Wolfe1, H A Smythe, M B Yunus, R M Bennett, C Bombardier, D L Goldenberg, P Tugwell, S M Campbell, M Abeles, P Clark

Author Affiliations

1: University of Kansas, Arthritis Center, Wichita 67214.

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