Full Text: The Relationship of Fibromyalgia to Neuropathic Pain Syndromes

Afterword

The Relationship of Fibromyalgia to Neuropathic Pain Syndromes

LESLIE J. CROFFORD

ABSTRACT.

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. (J Rheumatol 2005;32 Suppl 75:41-45)

Key Indexing Terms:

FIBROMYALGIA
NERVOUS SYSTEM
PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

From the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

Dr. Crofford has received research support, consulting fees, or lecture honoraria in the past year from Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., Wyeth, Ortho Pharma International, Sanofi Syntholabo Inc., and Forest Laboratories.

L.J. Crofford, MD.

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