Postinfectious chronic fatigue: A distinct syndrome?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-387

  Buchwald, Dedra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFLUENZA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029841898     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.385     Document Type: Article

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