Diagnose and be damned

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7240, 2000, Pages 1004-

  Pheby, Derek ^a   Henshall, Carl ^b   Henshall, Deborah ^b   Morgan, Brian ^b   Wessely, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle under Lyme ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS MEDIUM; STANDARD;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 85007679634     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7240.1004     Document Type: Letter

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