The validity of an empirical delineation of heterogeneity in chronic unexplained fatigue

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Aslakson, Eric ^a   Vollmer Conna, Uté ^b   White, Peter D ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Classification diagnosis; Heterogeneity; Medically unexplained fatigue; Nosology; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 33646039806     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14622416.7.3.365     Document Type: Article

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