I'm so tired: Biological and genetic mechanisms of cancer-related fatigue

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1419-1427

  Barsevick, Andrea ^e   Frost, Marlene ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko ^b   Hall, Per ^c   Halyard, Michele ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Biological mechanisms; Cancer related fatigue; Genetic variables; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

FATIGUE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

CYTOKINES; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78349313440     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9757-7     Document Type: Article

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