Lengthened Cutaneous Silent Period in Fibromyalgia Suggesting Central Sensitization as a Pathogenesis

Seol-Hee Baek; Hung Youl Seok; Yong Seo Koo; Byung-Jo Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149248

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Lengthened Cutaneous Silent Period in Fibromyalgia Suggesting Central Sensitization as a Pathogenesis

Seol-Hee Baek ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Seol-Hee Baek, Hung Youl Seok

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Hung Youl Seok ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Seol-Hee Baek, Hung Youl Seok

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Yong Seo Koo,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Byung-Jo Kim

* E-mail: nukbj@korea.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lengthened Cutaneous Silent Period in Fibromyalgia Suggesting Central Sensitization as a Pathogenesis

Seol-Hee Baek,
Hung Youl Seok,
Yong Seo Koo,
Byung-Jo Kim

Published: February 12, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149248

About the Authors

Seol-Hee Baek

Contributed equally to this work with: Seol-Hee Baek, Hung Youl Seok

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hung Youl Seok

Contributed equally to this work with: Seol-Hee Baek, Hung Youl Seok

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yong Seo Koo

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Byung-Jo Kim

* E-mail: nukbj@korea.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJK. Performed the experiments: SHB. Analyzed the data: SHB HYS YSK BJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYS BJK. Wrote the paper: SHB HYS BJK.

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