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Fibromyalgia: Can Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Help?

Gwendoline Menga, Sharon Ing, Omar Khan, Bobby Dupre, Adriana C Dornelles, Anika Alarakhia, William Davis, Jerald Zakem, Tamika Webb-Detiege, Eve Scopelitis and Robert Quinet
Ochsner Journal September 2014, 14 (3) 343-349;
Gwendoline Menga
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Health Center-Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
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Sharon Ing
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Omar Khan
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Bobby Dupre
Primary Care of Brusly, Port Allen, LA
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Adriana C Dornelles
Office of Biostatistical Support, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Anika Alarakhia
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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William Davis
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Jerald Zakem
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Tamika Webb-Detiege
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Eve Scopelitis
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Robert Quinet
Department of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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