Cerebral perfusion in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue JUN., 2000, Pages 550-556

  Machale, Siobhan M ^a   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a   Cavanagh, Jonathan T O ^a   Glabus, Mike F ^a   Murray, Catherine L ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^b   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034040937     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.6.550     Document Type: Article

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