Chronic fatigue syndrome: A hypothesis focusing on the autonomic nervous system

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-125

  Pagani, Massimo ^a   Lucini, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Homoeostasis; Immunology; Pain; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032937214     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS19980139     Document Type: Review

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