Severe versus moderate criteria for the new pediatric case definition for ME/CFS

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-620

  Jason, Leonard ^a   Porter, Nicole ^a   Shelleby, Elizabeth ^a   Till, Lindsay ^a   Bell, David S ^b   Lapp, Charles W ^c   Rowe, Kathy ^d   De Meirleir, Kenny ^e  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medina Hospital   (United States)

^c Hunter Hopkins Center   (United States)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case definition; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic illness; Etiology; ME CFS; Myalgic encephalomyelitis; Pediatric; Physiological development; Puberty; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALAISE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349235474     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-009-0147-8     Document Type: Article

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