Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Reeves, William C ^a   Lloyd, Andrew ^b   Vernon, Suzanne D ^a   Klimas, Nancy ^c   Jason, Leonard A ^d   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^e   Evengard, Birgitta ^f   White, Peter D ^g   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY;

COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSSOMNIAS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85044703480     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-3-1     Document Type: Article

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