Postinfectious and chronic fatigue syndromes: clinical experience from a tertiary-referral centre in Norway

In Vivo

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-188

  Naess, Halvor ^a   Sundal, Endre ^a   Myhr, Kjell Morten ^a   Nyland, Harald Inge ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Chronic fatigue syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SELF REPORT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950622399     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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