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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace St., A-1305 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, USA

    Dawn A. Marcus

  2. Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases (OP09), Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA

    Atul Deodhar MD

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Marcus, D.A., Deodhar, A. (2011). Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. In: Fibromyalgia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1609-9_10

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