Relationship between autonomic cardiovascular control, case definition, clinical symptoms, and functional disability in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: An exploratory study

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wyller, Vegard B ^a,b   Helland, Ingrid B ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autonomic cardiovascular control; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873352062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-7-5     Document Type: Article

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