Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of its role as a potential biomarker

• Amir Hossein Behnoush ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Hossein Behnoush, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran, Non–Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9955-4227

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• Amirmohammad Khalaji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Hossein Behnoush, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran, Non–Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Hossein Behnoush, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Parsa Alehossein,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

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• Behrad Saeedian,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

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• Parnian Shobeiri,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran, Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran, Non–Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Antonio L. Teixeira,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuropsychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Nima Rezaei

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rezaei_nima@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-1827

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