Dissociation of body-temperature and melatonin secretion circadian rhythms in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-337

  Williams, G ^a   Pirmohamed, J ^a   Minors, D ^b   Waterhouse, J ^b   Buchan, I ^c   Arendt, J ^d   Edwards, R H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Circadian rhythms; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; JET LAG; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0029797520     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.1996.tb00722.x     Document Type: Article

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