Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hauser, Stephen L ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRUCELLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIAC ANXIETY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONCENTRATION LOSS; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNET; MALAISE; MEMORY DISORDER; MONONUCLEOSIS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA; NEURASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 79955442998     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22434     Document Type: Editorial

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