A twin study of chronic fatigue

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 936-943

  Buchwald, Dedra ^a,e   Herrell, Richard ^c   Ashton, Suzanne ^a   Belcourt, Megan ^a   Schmaling, Karen ^b   Sullivan, Patrick ^d   Neale, Michael ^d   Goldberg, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Concordance; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0035190901     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200111000-00012     Document Type: Article

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