title: Fibromyalgia and its relation to chronic fatigue syndrome, viral illness and immune abnormalities.
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.
authors.affiliation: Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA 02162.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
mesh_terms: D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications*