The value of the dehydroepiandrosterone-annexed vitamin C infusion treatment in the clinical control of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). I. A pilot study of the new vitamin C infusion treatment with a volunteer CFS patient

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 575-584

  Kodama, Mitsuo ^a   Kodama, Toshiko ^a   Murakami, Mihoko ^a  

^a Kodama Research Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Clinical control; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Glucocorticoid; Hormonal milieu; Megadose infusion treatment; Testosterone; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; 17 OXOSTEROID; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXYMESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PREDNISOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030450366     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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