Is insulin resistance the cause of fibromyalgia? A preliminary report

• Miguel A. Pappolla ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Pappolla@aol.com

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, St. Michael’s Pain & Spine Clinics, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6637-3131

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• Laxmaiah Manchikanti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, LSU School of Medicine Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Clark R. Andersen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Office of Biostatistics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Nigel H. Greig,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drug Design and Development Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Fawad Ahmed,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St. Michael’s Pain & Spine Clinics, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Xiang Fang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Michael A. Seffinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, California, United States of America

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• Andrea M. Trescot

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pain and Headache Center, Eagle River, Alaska, United States of America

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