Chronic fatigue syndrome and seasonal affective disorder: Comorbidity, diagnostic overlap, and implications for treatment

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 115S-124S

  Terman, Michael ^a,b,d   Levine, Susan M ^c   Terman, Jiuan S ^b   Doherty, Sean ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; KURAPRESSIN; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LIVER EXTRACT; MAGNESIUM; MELATONIN; SERTRALINE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 0032575984     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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