Lung function test findings in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-564

  De Lorenzo, F ^a,b   Hargreaves, J ^a,b   Kakkar, V V ^a,c  

^a Beatrice Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Beatrice Research Centre

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030203466     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00609.x     Document Type: Article

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