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silentkFibromyalgia a ‘Real Disease,’ Study Shows
Researchers Say People With Fibromyalgia Have Abnormalities of Blood Flow in the Brain
By Caroline Wilbert
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 3, 2008 -- A new brain scan study concludes that fibromyalgia is related to abnormalities of blood flow in the brain.
"Fibromyalgia may be related to a global dysfunction of cerebral pain-processing," study author Eric Guedj, MD, of Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Timone, in Marseille, France, says in a news release. "This study demonstrates that these patients exhibit modifications of brain perfusion not found in healthy subjects and reinforces the idea that fibromyalgia is a 'real disease/disorder.'"
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Researchers Say People With Fibromyalgia Have Abnormalities of Blood Flow in the Brain
By Caroline Wilbert
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Nov. 3, 2008 -- A new brain scan study concludes that fibromyalgia is related to abnormalities of blood flow in the brain.
"Fibromyalgia may be related to a global dysfunction of cerebral pain-processing," study author Eric Guedj, MD, of Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Timone, in Marseille, France, says in a news release. "This study demonstrates that these patients exhibit modifications of brain perfusion not found in healthy subjects and reinforces the idea that fibromyalgia is a 'real disease/disorder.'"
read more.
