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. 1991 Jul;37:1640–1646.

Syndrome de fatigue chronique

Revue de la littérature

Sue A Turgeon
PMCID: PMC2145188  PMID: 21228979

Abstract

Chronic fatigue syndrome, previously known as chronic mononucleosis or post-infectious faligue, is a poorly understood illness characterized by chronic debilitating fatigue, recurrent flu-like symptoms, and few clinical or laboratory abnormalities. While a significant incidence of psychiatric illness has been demonstrated among patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome, there is also evidence of subtle immune system abnormalities, leading some researchers to postulate a multi-fatorial psycho-immune cause.

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