Fatigue: A practical approach to diagnosis in primary care

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 765-767

  Cornuz, Jacques ^a   Guessous, Idris ^a   Favrat, Bernard ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MEMORY DISORDER; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELIAC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; MENTAL HEALTH; SLEEP DISORDER;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 33645232027     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1031153     Document Type: Short Survey

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