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Is fibromyalgia a cardiovascular disease? A comment on Martinez-Lavin's review 'Stress, the stress response system, and fibromyalgia'

Francisco HC Félix1* and Juvenia B Fontenele2

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Biophysiology and Pharmacology, Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil

2 Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão, Quixadá, CE, Brazil

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:404 doi:10.1186/ar2296

Published: 31 October 2007

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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a mysterious condition with uncertain physiopathogenesis. Despite its hermeneutic problems, FMS and related afflictions are responsible for the majority of family medicine and rheumatological medical office appointments. In spite of the skepticism of some, it seems that the medical science community has accepted FMS as a valid, unique clinical diagnosis and the main theory explaining it (the central sensitization model (CSM)) may relate to many chronic pain states.