European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , May 2008

Electrocardiographic QT interval and cardiovascular reactivity in fibromyalgia differ from chronic fatigue syndrome

  • Jochanan E. Naschitz

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 31048, P.O. Box 4940, Israel.
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  • Gleb Slobodin

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Dauod Sharif

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Madeline Fields

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Hillel Isseroff

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Edmond Sabo

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Itzhak Rosner

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center and ‘Rappaport Family’ Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Received 17 February 2007 ,Revised 27 August 2007 ,Accepted 30 August 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00258-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.08.003

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , May 2008

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