Does the chronic fatigue syndrome involve the autonomic nervous system?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-364

  Freeman, Roy ^a,c   Komaroff, Anthony L ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POSTURE; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030915084     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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