Chronic fatigue syndrome: Labels, meanings and consequences

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 500-504

  Wojcik, Wojtek ^a   Armstrong, David ^a   Kanaan, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFS; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic illness; Classification; Functional; ME; Myalgic encephalomyelitis; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES;

EID: 79957647255     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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