A disabling combination: Fatigue and depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-87

  Leone, Stephanie S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 77955359493     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.076604     Document Type: Review

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