The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity
@article{Wolfe2010TheAC, title={The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity}, author={Frederick Wolfe and Daniel J. Clauw and Mary-Ann Fitzcharles and Don L. Goldenberg and Robert S. Katz and Philip J. Mease and Anthony S. Russell and Irwin Jon Russell and John B. Winfield and Muhammad B. Yunus}, journal={Arthritis Care \& Research}, year={2010}, volume={62} }
To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are suitable for use in primary and specialty care and that do not require a tender point examination, and to provide a severity scale for characteristic fibromyalgia symptoms.
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