Risk factors for severe ME/CFS

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 50-74

  Pheby, Derek ^a   Saffron, Lisa ^b  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Epidemiology; Management; Myalgic encephalomyelitis; Prognosis; Risk factors; Severity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749280907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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