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At the crossroads between tension-type headache and fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia syndrome and tension-type headache have multiple clinical features in common, and pathogenic mechanisms partly overlap. Significant differences need to be recognized as well. Studying the correlations of these often comorbid conditions represents a unique opportunity to gain insight into their pathophysiology and that of other chronic pain syndromes, to increase the accuracy of their diagnosis, and to improve the therapeutic armamentarium.

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    Marc E. Lenaerts MD & Paul S. Gill MD

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Lenaerts, M.E., Gill, P.S. At the crossroads between tension-type headache and fibromyalgia. Current Science Inc 10, 463–466 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-006-0079-y

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