Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Primary Care

General practitioners' perceptions of chronic fatigue syndrome and beliefs about its management, compared with irritable bowel syndrome: qualitative study

BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38078.503819.EE (Published 03 June 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:1354

Rapid Response:

Different disorders?

Perhaps we are looking at 2 different disorders: chronic fatigue
syndrome with a primarily physiologic basis, and another form of the
syndrome that is primarily psychogenic in origin.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

07 June 2004
Joan T McClusky
Medical writer
New York, NY