Abstract
Not many disorders raise debate and questioning as fibromyalgia (FM).
Although FM has classification criteria many physicians worldwide doubt the existence of FM as a distinct clinical entity. This pain syndrome characterized by diffuse symmetric muscular pain has no distinct biological marker, coexist with multiple psychiatric and organic disorders and often develops secondary or subsequent to another established disease.
The following review will elaborate on the basic clinical characteristics of FM, will cover and question the considerations behind the currently used classification criteria and discuss the various scales and scoring systems that are used in order to assess the severity of this syndrome.
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Yoav, A., Zamir, D., Daniela, A., Howard, A. (2008). Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In: Shoenfeld, Y., Cervera, R., Gershwin, M.E. (eds) Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-285-8_40
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