title: [From the symptom fatigue to an etiological diagnosis--an attempt at differential diagnosis].
abstract: One out of three patients seeking the doctors advice complain about fatigue. Two out of three are fatigued because of psychological reasons. A systematic way of analysis of this symptom is described, as well as the characteristics of somatic fatigue syndromes as opposed to psychogenic ones. Finally a brief description is given of the main diseases accompanied by fatigue.
authors.affiliation: Neurologie FMH, Inselspital, Bern.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mumenthaler
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Vom Symptom Müdigkeit zur ätiologischen Diagnose--ein differentialdiagnostischer Versuch.