Adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: Prevalence, incidence, and morbidity

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Nijhof, Sanne L ^a   Maijer, Kimberley ^a   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^c   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^b   Kimpen, Jan L L ^a   Van De Putte, Elise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic fatigue; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79955493266     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1147     Document Type: Article

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