Chronic fatigue syndrome: Evaluation of a 30-criteria-score and correlation with immune activation

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 35-47

  Hilgers, Arnold ^a,b   Frank, Johannes ^a  

^a Inst F Angew Immunol U   (Germany)

^b Inst Angew Immunol U   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; hypersensitivity; immune activation; pathogens

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; FOLLITROPIN; GLOBULIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEOPTERIN; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030480295     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v02n04_04     Document Type: Article

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