Core body temperature is normal in chronic fatigue syndrome

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-302

  Hamilos, Daniel L ^a,c   Nutter, David ^a   Gershtenson, Josh ^a   Redmond, Daniel P ^b   Di Clementi, Jeannie D ^a   Schmaling, Karen B ^a   Make, Barry J ^a   Jones, James F ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Core body temperature

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0032519722     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)83214-3     Document Type: Article

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