Prevalence of fibromyalgia in Turkish geriatric population
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Prevalence of fibromyalgia in Turkish geriatric population and its impact on quality of life.
OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to examine the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) in elderly adults and to evaluate the impact of the severity of FM on quality of life. METHODS A total of 100 patients between 65 and 80 years of age were included. The main admission diagnosis of the patients was recorded. Presence of FM was evaluated based on 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ağrı - The Journal of The Turkish Society of Algology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1300-0012
DOI: 10.5505/agri.2016.48243