Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially diagnosing and managing a complex condition for which there are a plethora of symptoms, few physical findings, no known cause, and no specific treatments. While daunting, the rewards are many, and tho...

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Autor principal: Lapp, Charles W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00415
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spelling pubmed-63579212019-02-08 Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Lapp, Charles W. Front Pediatr Pediatrics This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially diagnosing and managing a complex condition for which there are a plethora of symptoms, few physical findings, no known cause, and no specific treatments. While daunting, the rewards are many, and those who pursue an interest in ME/CFS find themselves at the forefront of medicine. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6357921/ /pubmed/30740389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00415 Text en Copyright © 2019 Lapp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
title_full Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
title_fullStr Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
title_full_unstemmed Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
title_short Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
title_sort initiating care of a patient with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (me/cfs)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00415
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