Anti-polymer antibody in Italian fibromyalgic patients.

Bazzichi L, Giacomelli C, De Feo F, Giuliano T, Rossi A, Doveri M, Tani C, Wilson RB, Bombardieri S.
ABSTRACT: The objectives of our study were to evaluate the presence of antipolymer antibody (APA) seropositivity in 285 Italian patients affected by primary fibromyalgia (FM) and to verify if APA levels correlate with the disease severity and [...]

The genetics of fibromyalgia syndrome

Dan Buskila‌1, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini‌2 & Jacob N Ablin‌3
1Ben Gurion University, Department of Medicine H, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel. dbuskila@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
2L Sacco University Hospital, Senior Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit,Via GB Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy. sarzi@tiscali.it
3Tel-Aviv University, Departments of Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. [...]