Diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome: Comparison of a protocol and computerised questionnaires

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 120-126

  Prins, J B ^a   Elving, L D ^a   Koning, H ^a   Bleijenberg, G ^a   van der Meer, J W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038785699     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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