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2021 Mar 04


Clin Exp Rheumatol

Neuropathic pain features suggestive of small fiber neuropathy in fibromyalgia syndrome: a clinical and ultrasonographic study on female patients.

Abstract

To evaluate the performance of two screening tools, respectively Pain Detect Questionnaire (PDQ) and Douleur Neuropathique 4 questions (DN4), and the optimal cut-off point of the sural nerve cross-sectional area (CSA), in identifying the neuropathic pain features suggestive of a small fiber neuropathy (SFN), in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM).