Symptom or Disease? The Exhausting Life of an Adolescent with Chronic FatigueSummary: This case report presents the assessment of a 16-year old boy with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Questions on the etiology, dynamics, diagnostics and treatment of ...
Introduction: Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) may be at risk of osteoporosis due to their relative lack of physical activity and excessive time spent indoors, leading to reduced vitamin D synthesis. We hypothesized that serum 25-OH vitamin D ...
Während die meisten EBV-Infektionen bei Säuglingen und Kleinkindern asymptomatisch verlaufen, äussert sich die Infektion bei Adoleszenten und Erwachsenen oft als infektiöse Mononukleose. Letztere ist charakterisiert durch die Trias von Fieber, Pharyngitis ...
In psychotherapy research, there is a general lack of studies that include objective measurements that provide information about the basic underlying mechanisms involved in behavioral and psychiatric conditions. In this pilot study, we investigated ...
Abstract. The study examines the relationship between a categorical and a dimensional personality assessment instrument in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). A total of 162 CFS patients were included in the study (91.4% women; mean age 47.5 ...
Abstract. Recent studies have shown underdiagnosis of severe persistent fatigue in primary care. To study how patients with severe persistent fatigue present in primary care and whether they differ from patients with less severe fatigue ...