Chronic fatigue: Is it endocrinology?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Evans, Kate M ^a   Flanagan, Daniel E ^a   Wilkin, Terence J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Clinical reasoning; Subclinical thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 63449114592     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-1-34     Document Type: Article

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