Frequency of fibromyalgianess in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: A multicenter study of Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) network.

Erkan Kozanoğlu Bayram Kelle Gamze Alaylı Omer Kuru Sibel Cubukcu Firat Ali Nail Demir Mehmet Karakoç Süheda Özçakır Zuhal Altay İlknur Aktas Feyza Unlu Ozkan Fikriye Figen Ayhan Erhan Çapkın Murat Karkucak Taciser Kaya Hasan Fatih Çay Akın Erdal Nurettin Taştekin Esra Gizem Koyuncu Elif Aydın Ömer Faruk Şendur İlker Ünal Ayşen Akıncı

Published in: Archives of rheumatology (2023)

Disease activity scores, including pain in RA and AS, were higher in the presence of FS or fibromyalgianess. It may be related to clinical parameters, but cohort studies with long-term follow-up are needed to reveal causality. Additionally, to avoid overtreatment, coexistence of fibromyalgianess should be kept in mind in patients who have inflammatory diseases such as RA and AS, particularly with intractable widespread pain.

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