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¹ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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Anne Louise Oaklander et al. Pain. 2013 Nov.

. 2013 Nov;154(11):2569-2571.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.016. Epub 2013 Jul 24.

¹ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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Objective evidence that small-fiber polyneuropathy underlies some illnesses currently labeled as fibromyalgia.
Oaklander AL, Herzog ZD, Downs HM, Klein MM. Oaklander AL, et al. Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2310-2316. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.001. Epub 2013 Jun 5. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23748113 Free PMC article.
Objective evidence that small-fiber polyneuropathy underlies some illnesses currently labeled as fibromyalgia.
Üçeyler N, Sommer C. Üçeyler N, et al. Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2569. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.037. Epub 2013 Jun 27. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23811315 No abstract available.

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