What we know about chronic fatigue syndrome and its relevance to the practicing physician

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 100S-103S

  Levine, Paul H ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Ross Hall 120   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032575967     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00181-8     Document Type: Article

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