Fibromyalgia prevalence in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: comment on the article by Middleton et al

✍ Scribed by Thomas J. Romano

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 116 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380628

✦ Synopsis

Prevalence of fibromyalgia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: comment on the article by Middleton et a1

To the Editor:

I enjoyed reading the excellent article by Middleton and coworkers concerning the prevalence of fibromyalgia in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1). However, the authors state several times that their article is the first that applied the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia to a large population of SLE patients.

Unfortunately, they overlooked our effort (2), which documented, interestingly, the :same 22% prevalence of fibromyalgia in a cohort nearly 5 times larger than theirs. I greatly appreciate that Middleton et a1 were able to confirm our findings.