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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3A
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The essential symptoms of fibrositis--widespread aching and pain, disturbed sleep, morning stiffness, and fatigue--are common in both rheumatic and nonrheumatic patients. But the essential sign of fibrositis--widespread local tenderness over specific anatomic sites ("tender points")--is rare in any patients except those with fibrositis. Clinical criteria for the diagnosis of fibrositis rely heavily on a high tender point count in the presence of characteristic fibrositic symptoms. Multiple tender points are uncommon in normal subjects and in those with rheumatic and nonrheumatic disorders. The tender point count thus also serves to distinguish fibrositis from other musculoskeletal diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of criteria for the diagnosis of fibrositis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't