An evaluation of exclusionary medical/psychiatric conditions in the definition of chronic fatigue syndrome

BMC Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-

  Jones, James F ^a   Lin, Jin Mann S ^a   Maloney, Elizabeth M ^a   Boneva, Roumiana S ^a   Nater, Urs M ^a,b   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 70449690257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-57     Document Type: Article

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