Chronic fatigue syndrome: a patient’s perspective
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Acute fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.
BACKGROUND Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients often complain that they are more susceptible to acute mental fatigue. It is important to determine whether this is observed using objective tests of sustained attention and responding. METHODS Sixty-seven patients who fulfilled the criteria for CFS proposed by Sharpe et al. (1991) were compared with 126 matched healthy controls. Acute fatigu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13x675458