Pain management can be a difficult problem for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), some of whom can experience pain similar to that reported by patients with fibromyalgia. Now, advanced imaging techniques are revealing neurobiological alterations in patients with RA that mirror those seen in fibromyalgia, hinting at new treatment possibilities.
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Atzeni, F., Sarzi-Puttini, P. Neurobiological similarities between RA and fibromyalgia. Nat Rev Rheumatol 14, 324–325 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-018-0011-y
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