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Cognitive Function Worse in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Publish date:: April 30, 2019

Key clinical point: Cognitive function was worse subjectively and objectively for individuals with fibromyalgia than for their matched controls.

Major finding: Patients with fibromyalgia had lower scores in working memory and self-reported cognitive function than those of the control participants (P < .001).

Study details: Prospective ambulatory study of 50 individuals with fibromyalgia and 50 matched controls.

Disclosures: The authors reported no outside sources of funding and no conflicts of interest.

Citation:

Kratz A et al. APS 2019, Poster 117.

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