Letter to the Editor: Response to correspondence concerning “Recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome after treatments in the PACE trial”

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1791-1792

  White, P D ^a   Goldsmith, K ^b   Johnson, A L ^c,d   Chalder, T ^b   Sharpe, M ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897364858     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001311     Document Type: Letter

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