Factors influencing the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2241-2245

  Solomon, Laura ^a   Reeves, William C ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 7544243047     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.20.2241     Document Type: Article

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