eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | fibromyalgia |
| Comorbidity | C0002020|alexithymia |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 25510454 | Results: we found 11 relevant studies which revealed a significantly high prevalence of alexithymia in fibromyalgia patients, namely between 15 and 52%, whereas the prevalence in the general population was only 6 to 8%. |
| PubMedID- 24348453 | This review proposes a critical discussion of the latest studies investigating the presence of alexithymia in patients with fibromyalgia (fm) and its relation to other psychological disorders. |
| PubMedID- 21565597 | Results: the prevalence of alexithymia in fibromyalgia patients (44%) was significantly higher than in either the general medicine group (8%; p=0.001) or the rheumatoid arthritis group (21%; p=0.023). |
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