The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1160 , November 2009

Experimental Assessment of Affective Processing in Fibromyalgia

Received 31 July 2008 ,Revised 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 17 April 2009.

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 Supported in part by a University of Tulsa Faculty Summer Fellowship awarded to J.R. and by a University of Tulsa Student Research Grant awarded to A.W.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00499-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.04.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1160 , November 2009

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