Comparison of the Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Released in the Vastus Lateralis Muscle of Patients with Fibromyalgia and Healthy Controls during Contractions of the Quadriceps Muscle – A Microdialysis Study

• Nikolaos Christidis ,

  * E-mail: nikolaos.christidis@ki.se

  Affiliation Section for Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and the Scandinavian Center for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON), Huddinge, Sweden

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• Bijar Ghafouri,

  Affiliation Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Pain and Rehabilitation Center, Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

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• Anette Larsson,

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Centre for Person Centered Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Annie Palstam,

  Affiliation Section of Health and Rehabilitation/Physiotherapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Kaisa Mannerkorpi,

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Section of Health and Rehabilitation/Physiotherapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Centre for Person Centered Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Monika Löfgren,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Jan Bjersing,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Eva Kosek,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Spine Center, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Björn Gerdle,

  Affiliation Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Pain and Rehabilitation Center, Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

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• Malin Ernberg

  Affiliation Section for Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and the Scandinavian Center for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON), Huddinge, Sweden

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