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EpiFibro (Brazilian Fibromyalgia Registry): data on the ACR classification and ...
Martinez,José Eduardo; Paiva,Eduardo S.; Rezende,Marcelo C.; Heymann,Roberto E.; Helfenstein Jr.,Milton; Ranzolin,Aline; Provenza,Jose RobertoAbstract Introduction: EpiFibro (Brazilian Epidemiological Study of Fibromyalgia) was created to study Fibromyalgia patients. Patients were included since 2011 according to the 1990 American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR1990). Objectives: To determine how many patients still fulfill the ACR1990 and the ACR2010 criteria in 2014; to determine the correlation between the imp...
New guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia
Heymann,Roberto E.; Paiva,Eduardo S.; Martinez,José Eduardo; Helfenstein Jr.,Milton; Rezende,Marcelo C.; Provenza,Jose Roberto; Ranzolin,AlineAbstract Objective To establish guidelines based on scientific evidence for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Material and methods Evidence collection was performed based on 9 questions regarding the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, structured using the Patient, Intervention or Indicator, Comparison and Outcome (P.I.C.O.), with searches in the main, primary databases of scientific information. After defining the potenti...