title: Chronic tiredness and idiopathic chronic fatigue--a connection?
abstract: Evidence is adduced to support the proposal that pathological fatigue is a consequence of impaired capillary blood flow resulting in inadequate oxygen delivery, which is in accordance with physiological concepts of fatigue. Case reports are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand.
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000502:physiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen