Increased rates of fragrance allergy in fibromyalgia individuals tested with the Swedish baseline patch test series

Contact allergy can manifest in a variety of ways clinically. Systemic contact allergy may occasionally present with pain in muscles and joints. Fibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatic disease characterized by pain and with virtually unknown aetiology.

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