Use of alternative treatments by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome discordant twins

Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Afari, Niloofar ^a   Eisenberg, David M ^b   Herrell, Richard ^c   Goldberg, Jack ^c   Kleyman, Ellen ^a   Ashton, Suzanne ^a   Buchwald, Dedra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Twins

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0033499680     PISSN: 10962190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-2190(99)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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