Post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: Prospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7568, 2006, Pages 575-578

  Hickie, Ian ^a   Davenport, Tracey ^a   Wakefield, Denis ^b   Vollmer Conna, Ute ^b   Cameron, Barbara ^b   Vernon, Suzanne D ^c   Reeves, William C ^c   Lloyd, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SELF REPORT; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748925038     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38933.585764.AE     Document Type: Article

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