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Subgroups in Fibromyalgia

September 26-27, 1999
Portland, Oregon

Selected Speakers and Their Abstracts

	Michael Rosner, MD, Hendersonville, NC Craniocervical Decompression, Cerebral Blood Flow and Neuropsychological Dysfunction in FMS and CFS Neurally Mediated Hypotension: Its surgical evaluation, management and early outcome as part of the Fibromyalgia—Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
	Dan Heffez, MD, Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Patients With Fibromyalgia Have Quantifiable Neurological Deficits Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy Relieves Some Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
	Thomas Milhorat, MD, State University of New York Chiari I Malformation Redefined: Clinical and Radiographic Findings for 364 Symptomatic Patients Distribution of Substance P in the Spinal Cord of Patients With Syringomyelia
	Robert M. Bennett, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University A Contemporary Overview of Fibromyalgia Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Growth Hormone Axis Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia
	Leslie Crofford, MD, University of Michigan HPA Axis – Important Interactions with Other Central Nervous System Functions, including Modulation of Pain Perception, Mood and Cognitive Function
	I. Jon Russell, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Pain Amplifying Neurochemical Mechanisms in Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI, fMRI] with Non-Painful or Painful Stimulation of a Tender Point [TeP] in Fibromyalgia Syndrome [FMS]
	Dan Clauw, MD, Georgetown University Expectancy Effects on Pain Measurements Identify a Subgroup of FM Patients that Report Higher Levels of Symptomatology Fibromyalgia : FMRI Evidence for Increased Pressure Pain Sensitivity
	Roger Kula, MD, Long Island College Hospital Fibromyalgia : A Neurological Perspective
	Dan Malone, MD, University of Wisconsin Pain Syndromes and C-Spine/Foramen Magnum Cord Compression Two Year Experience of a University-Based Rheumatologist
	Roland Staud, MD, University of Florida Mechanisms of Pain in Patients with the Fibromyalgia Syndrome
	Muhammad B. Yunus, MD, University of Illinois at Peoria Genetic Aspects of Fibromyalgia Syndrome

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