The relationship of fibromyalgia to neuropathic pain syndromes.
The appropriateness and utility of considering fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) and other syndromes without anatomically localized pathology of the nervous system as neuropathic pain syndromes is uncertain. In this afterword, a synthesis of the information presented in these proceedings and opinion as to how FM relates to classical neuropathic pain syndromes is provided.
Crofford
Leslie J
LJ
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA. lcrofford@uky.edu
D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D004703:Endocrine System / Q000503:physiopathology; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome