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A Community-Based Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Author/Article Information

From the Department of Psychology, DePaul University (Drs Jason and Taylor); Departments of Psychiatry (Dr Richman and S. Plioplys) and Psychology (Dr Jordan), University of Illinois at Chicago; Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School (Dr Rademaker and Ms Huang); and Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center (Dr A. V. Plioplys), Chicago, Ill; and Public Opinion Laboratory, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (Dr McCready).

Corresponding author: Leonard A. Jason, PhD, Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 N Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60614

Accepted for publication June 2, 1999.

Financial support was provided by grant AI36295 from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

We thank David Lipkin, MD, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Ill, Morris Papernik, MD, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Ill, Joyce Goodlatte, MD, and Susan Rosenthal, MD, Center for the Study of Trauma and Illness, Adler School of Professional Psychology, Toronto, Ontario, for medical expertise in the diagnostic process.

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