Brain MRI abnormalities exist in a subset of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-7

  Lange, Gudrun ^a   Deluca, John ^a   Maldjian, Joseph A ^b   Lee, Huey Jen ^a   Tiersky, Lana A ^a   Natelson, Benjamin H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Neuroimaging; Psychiatric disorder; Syndrome; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYELIN SHEATH;

EID: 0032725072     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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