Idiopathic chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: A comparison of two case-definitions

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 435-441

  Arpino, Carla ^a,i   Carrieri, Maria Patrizia ^a   Valesini, Guido ^b   Pizzigallo, Eligio ^c   Rovere, Pierangelo ^d   Tirelli, Umberto ^e   Conti, Fabrizio ^b   Dialmi, Paola ^c   Barberio, Annamaria ^b   Rusconi, Nicoletta ^b   Bosco, Oliviero ^f   Lazzarin, Adriano ^g   Saracco, Alberto ^g   Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   Vlahov, David ^h  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Legnago   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^f Gruppo C   (Italy)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ E Litta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case definition; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Clinical evaluation; Diagnostic criteria; Epidemiology; Idiopathic chronic fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033252381     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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