A medical definition of fatigue in multiple sclerosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Mills, R J ^a   Young, C A ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 38349155163     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm122     Document Type: Article

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