Putting the rest cure to rest—again: Rest has no place in treating chronic fatigue

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7134, 1998, Pages 796-800

  Sharpe, Michael ^a   Wessely, Simon ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BED REST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 85007758568     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7134.796     Document Type: Editorial

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