Psychological stress contributed to the development of low-grade fever in a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome: A case report

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oka, Takakazu ^a   Kanemitsu, Yoshio ^a,b   Sudo, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayashi, Haruo ^c   Oka, Kae ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cytokine; Psychogenic fever; Stress interview; Stress induced hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874668663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-7-7     Document Type: Article

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