Brainstem perfusion is impaired in chronic fatigue syndrome

QJM

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 767-773

  Costa, D C ^a   Tannock, C ^b   Brostoff, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PERFUSION; PILOT PROJECTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0028884125     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a069004     Document Type: Article

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