Chronic fatigue syndrome: Clinical and evolutive study of 28 cases;Síndrome de fatiga crónica: Estudio clínico-evolutivo de 28 casos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 561-565

  Miró, Òscar ^a   Font, Carme ^a   Fernández Solà, Joaquim ^a,b   Casademont, Jordi ^a   Pedrol, Enric ^a   Grau, Josep Maria ^a   Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031578095     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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