Is disabling fatigue in childhood influenced by genes?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Farmer, A E ^a   Scourfield, J ^b   Martin, N ^b   Cardno, A ^b   McGuffin, P ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS;

EID: 0032989294     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008095     Document Type: Article

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