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Fibromyalgia and its relation to chronic fatigue syndrome, viral illness and immune abnormalities
1Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA 02162.
The Journal of Rheumatology. Supplement
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome have similar clinical and demographic features. We found that most patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have a tender point examination similar to patients with fibromyalgia. Similar pathophysiologic mechanisms are also being explored in each syndrome, including a potential role for viral induced immune dysfunction.