2016
72 citations Research paper

Progressive brain changes in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A longitudinal MRI study

Zack Shan, Richard Kwiatek, Richard Burnet, Peter Del Fante, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall‐Gradisnik,

Abstract

The results suggested that CFS is associated with IFOF WM deficits which continue to deteriorate at an abnormal rate. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:1301-1311.

Topics

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Categories

Health Sciences Medicine Psychiatry and Mental health

Tags

Atrophy Audiology Cardiology Fasciculus Fractional anisotropy Internal medicine Magnetic resonance imaging Medicine Nuclear medicine Psychology Radiology Superior longitudinal fasciculus Voxel White matter
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