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Is disabling fatigue in childhood influenced by genes?

1 Mar 1999

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BACKGROUND: Medically unexplained chronic fatigue in childhood may cause considerable disability and (by definition) its cause remains unclear. A study of fatigue in healthy twins has been undertaken to examine whether or not genetic factors play a part. METHOD: A questionnaire survey of the main carers of an epidemiological population-based sample of 670 twin pairs who were asked about periods of unexplained and...

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PMID: 10218919
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291798008095

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