Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia in Adolescence
Kulig
Adolescent Medicine 2(3): 473-484
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 1041-3499 PMID: 10350771 Document Number: 386058
A complaint of persistent, debilitating fatigue in an adolescent, accompanied by symptoms that meet the recently adopted criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), presents a difficult challenge for the clinician. This article describes the diagnostic criteria for CFS and fibromyalgia, and discusses the epidemiology, etiology, and management of these conditions.