Chronic fatigue syndrome does exist, with measurable changes in biological variables;Kroniskt trötthetssyndrom finns: Påverkan på biologiska parametrar kan mätas

Lakartidningen

Volumn 96, Issue 26-27, 1999, Pages 3166-3169

  Evengård, Birgitta ^a,c   Komaroff, Anthony L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Huddinge Sjukhus   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033617781     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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