Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study

^ABrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^BBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
^CBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
^DBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
^EBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^FSussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^GBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^HBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
^IBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^JBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff, UK
^KBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, University of Sussex, Falmer and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
^LBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK

Address for correspondence: Dr Jessica A Eccles, Trafford Centre for Medical Research, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RY, UK. Email: j.eccles{at}bsms.ac.uk Twitter: @BendyBrain