Prospective Study of the Prognosis of Unexplained Chronic Fatigue in a Clinic-Based Cohort

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1047-1054

  Schmaling, Karen B ^a   Fiedelak, Jessica I ^b   Katon, Wayne J ^b   Bader, Julia O ^a   Buchwald, Dedra S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Chronic fatigue; Depression; Prediction; Prognosis; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346726017     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000088587.29901.69     Document Type: Article

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