To exercise or not to exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome?  No longer a question

Lloyd, Andrew R

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06016.x

Topics

Immune system diseases

Graded physical exercise is no panacea, but is beneficial

Inflammation Research Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW.

Correspondence:

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