Fibromyalgia, Rheumatologists, and the Medical Literature: A Shaky Alliance

DON GOLDENBERG and NICOLE SMITH

ABSTRACT.

A Medline literature review found that the total number of medical articles dealing with fibromyalgia (FM) has increased 5-fold during the past decade. The percentage of articles devoted to FM in rheumatology journals has increased modestly, from 1.3 to 2.6%. There is a wide variability of the number of articles on FM among these rheumatology journals. Recently, nonrheumatology journals have been publishing more articles on FM. (J Rheumatol 2003;30:151-3)

Key Indexing Terms:

FIBROMYALGIA
LITERATURE
MEDLINE
PUBLICATIONS

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From the Department of Medicine and Division of Rheumatology

Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine, Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

D. Goldenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; N. Smith, MD, Yale University Medical Center.

Address reprint requests to Dr. D. Goldenberg, 2000 Washington St., Newton, MA 02462, USA.

Submitted June 24, 2002; revision accepted July 19, 2002.

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