%0 Journal Article
%T Fibromyalgia syndrome: still a medical dilemma
%A P. Sarzi-Puttini
%A F. Atzeni
%A S. Perrot
%J Reumatismo
%D 2012
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/reumatismo.2012.183
%X This issue of ˇ°Reumatismoˇ± deals with a variety of aspects of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and its rheumatological quasi-synonym of fibromyalgia (FM). The definitions of CWP and FM both have a long history. Chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions are universally prevalent in both genders and all age groups and, although their pathophysiology varies, they are inter-related anatomically and by their association with pain and impaired physical function. However, there is still no consensus as to whether FM should be considered a discrete entity or just the tip of the iceberg of CWP...
%U http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/637