Generalized anxiety disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 405-413

  Fischler, B ^a,c   Cluydts, R ^b   De Gucht, V ^a   Kaufman, L ^b   De Meirleir, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

chronic fatigue syndrome; fibromyalgia; generalized anxiety disorder; major depression; somatization disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0030920236     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09653.x     Document Type: Article

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