Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Constant, E L ^a,c   Adam, S ^b   Gillain, B ^a   Lambert, M ^a   Masquelier, E ^a   Seron, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cognition; Depression; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954425874     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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