RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Practical management of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis in childhood
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 981
OP 986
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310622
VO 102
IS 10
A1 Amberly Brigden
A1 Maria Loades
A1 Anna Abbott
A1 Joanne Bond-Kendall
A1 Esther Crawley
YR 2017
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/10/981.abstract
AB Paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis affects at least 1% of secondary school children in the UK and is very disabling. Treatment is effective but few children get a diagnosis or access treatment. This paper summarises what we currently know about diagnosing and treating this important illness in childhood.