Adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome; a follow-up study displays concurrent improvement of circulatory abnormalities and clinical symptoms

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sulheim, Dag ^a,b   Hurum, Harald ^a,c   Helland, Ingrid B ^a   Thaulow, Erik ^a   Wyller, Vegard B ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c Østfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autonomic symptom profile; Cardiovascular autonomic control; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fatigue severity scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858588588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-6-10     Document Type: Article

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