Chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Shifting boundaries and attributions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 7S-10S

  Lloyd, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURASTHENIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032575975     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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