Enterovirus infection of the stomach in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Kerr, Jonathan R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; STOMACH DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 38449119227     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.051342     Document Type: Note

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