Basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome (Neurasthenia)

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-237

  Young, Allan H ^b   Sharpe, Michael ^a   Clements, Alison ^a   Dowling, Barbara ^a   Hawton, Keith E ^a   Cowen, Phillip J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Hypothalmic pituitary adrenal axis; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURASTHENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032006940     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00404-6     Document Type: Article

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