Acta Med. 2017, 60: 146-151

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.10

Prevalence of Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Its Correlations with Arrhythmia in Patients with Palpitations

Ayhan Aşkına, Ece Güvendib, Ayten Özkanc, Ersin Çağrı Şimşekd, Uğur Kocabaşe, Aliye Tosuna

aDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
bDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
cDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Selçuk State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
dDepartment of Cardiology, University of Health Science, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
eDepartment of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Received July 19, 2017
Accepted October 18, 2017

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