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Author:   Jacob N. Ablin ,  Yehuda Shoenfeld
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9783030786403

ISBN 10:   3030786404
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   07 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Overview and definition of the fibromyalgia syndrome.- History of fibromyalgia and evolution of nomenclature.- Chronic fatigue – definition and overlap with fibromyalgia.- Chronic pain as a pathogenetic and clinical entity.- Etiology and triggers in the development of fibromyalgia.- Epidemiology of fibromyalgia and chronic pain.- Pharmacological treatment of fibromyalgia.- Complementary and alternative treatments.- Neuromodulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia, including neurofeedback.- Classification, criteria diagnosis.- Psychiatric comorbidity.- Fibromyalgia genetics.- The clinical spectrum of fibromyalgia and overview of approach to treatment.- Functional syndromes as fibromyalgia comorbidities.- Cognitive behavioral treatment and other types of psychotherapy.- Pediatric fibromyalgia.- The neuroscience of fibromyalgia and central sensitization.- Role of the immune system in fibromyalgia.- The autonomic nervous system inn fibromyalgia.- Sleep disorders and management in fibromyalgia and chronic pain.- Assessing disability in fibromyalgia.- Comorbidity of fibromyalgia in non-functional disorders – clinical and research implications.- Cannabinoids in the fibromyalgia syndrome.- Infections and vaccinations.- Fibromyaliga and vaccinations.- Small fiber neuropathy.- Conclusion. 

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Professor Jacob Ablin is specialist in general internal medicine, and Rheumatology. He heads an Internal Medicine ward at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel and is a professor of internal medicine at the Sackler School of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University. His main clinical and research interests are pathogenesis, genetics and epidemiology of the fibromyalgia syndrome. Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld is the founder and head of the Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, at the Sheba Medical Center which is affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine in Tel-Aviv University, in Israel. Dr. Shoenfeld is currently the president of Ariel university in Israel. Dr. Shoenfeld is the Incumbent of the Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair for Research of Autoimmune Diseases at the Tel-Aviv University. His clinical and scientific works focus on autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.

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