Immunologic status correlates with severity of physical symptoms and perceived illness burden in chronic fatigue syndrome patients

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-52

  Cruess, Stacy E ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^a   Klimas, Nancy ^b   Maher, Kevin ^b   Fletcher, Maryann ^c   Helder, Lynn ^a   Keller, Robert ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Immune activation; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0033760833     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v07n01_05     Document Type: Article

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