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The maintained attention assessment in patients affected by Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a reliable biomarker?

Abstract: The maintained attention is the cause of great functional limitations in CFS/ME, a disease that mainly affects women in …

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Plasma and Urinary Carnitine and Acylcarnitines in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Abstract: Contradictory reports have suggested that serum free carnitine and acylcarnitine concentrations are decreased in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome …

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Risk Factors for Severe ME/CFS

Abstract: ME/CFS is a serious illness affecting several hundred thousand British people. Some 25% of people with ME/CFS may be …

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The Role of Cytokines in Muscle Fatigue in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

Abstract: CFS is characterized by profound levels of persistent/recurrent fatigue. It is proposed that chronic, low level inflammation may play …

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Clinically proven mtDNA mutations are not common in those with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a prevalent debilitating condition that affects approximately 250,000 people in the UK. There …

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The Role of Autonomic Function in Exercise-induced Endogenous Analgesia: A Case-control Study in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Healthy People

Abstract: Background: Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are unable to activate brain-orchestrated endogenous analgesia (or descending inhibition) …

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients’ reports of symptom changes following cognitive behavioural therapy, graded exercise therapy and pacing treatments: Analysis of a primary survey compared with secondary surveys

Abstract: Cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy are promoted as evidence-based treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. This article …

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ME/CFS and the biopsychosocial model: a review of patient harm and distress in the medical encounter

Abstract: Objective: Despite the growing evidence of physiological and cellular abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), there has …

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Relationship Between Exercise-induced Oxidative Stress Changes and Parasympathetic Activity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Observational Study in Patients and Healthy Subjects

Abstract: Purpose: Oxidative stress has been proposed as a contributor to pain in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). …

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The role of mitochondria in ME/CFS: a perspective

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) also known as Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a debilitating disease, characterized by the symptom of …

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