Fibromyalgia (fi-bro-my-AL-ja) syndrome (FMS) produces chronic body-wide pain, which migrates and can be felt from head to toe.

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New Dimensions in Fibromyalgia

September 14-15, 1997
Portland, Oregon

  Selected Speakers and Their Abstracts

Peter Rowe, MD, Johns Hopkins Medical
Neurally Mediated Hypotension in Fibromyalgia Patients

 

Michael Rosner, MD, University of Alabama
Decompression of Craniovertebral Stenosis Leads to Improvement in FMS and CFIDS Symptoms

 

Ron Kramis, Ph.D., R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences
Fibromyalgia: Non-nociceptive Aspects of Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain

 

Alice Larson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Possible Role of NGF in the Etiology of Fibromyalgia

 

Jay Goldstein, MD, Orange, California
Pathophysiology of Neurosomatic Disorders: A Summary

 

Stanley Pillimer, MD, National Institutes of Health
Epidemiological Considerations in Identifying Cases of Fibromyalgia Syndrome

 

Robert Bennett, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University
Diagnosis and Classification of Fibromyalgia: Where do we draw the line?

 

Daniel Clauw, MD, Georgetown University
Fibromyalgia is More Than Pain

 

Gail Adler, MD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Can Neuroendocrine Abnormalities Help Define Fibromyalgia Syndrome?

 

Muhammad Yunus, MD, University of Illinois at Peoria
Genetic Factors in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

 

I. Jon Russell, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Investigative Pathways of Diagnosis
 

 

National Fibromyalgia Research Association
PO Box 500, Salem, OR 97302

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