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We have over 7,000 research abstracts in our library, as well as articles, news items, and press releases. You can search the library by topic, keywords, author, or date. You can also search categories and tags.

Cognitive impairment in fatigue and sleepiness associated conditions

Abstract: Although relating to very different concepts, sleepiness and fatigue are often confounded. However, both fatigue-associated conditions such as the chronic …

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An unbiased metagenomic search for infectious agents using monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome is an idiopathic syndrome widely suspected of having an infectious or immune etiology. We applied …

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Classifying medication use in clinical research

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Medication use data are usually collected in clinical research. Yet no standardized method for categorizing these exists, either …

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Adolescents with severe chronic fatigue syndrome can make a full recovery

Abstract: The needs of children and adolescents severely affected by chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) are currently inadequately addressed …

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Plasma neuropeptide Y: a biomarker for symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex, multi-symptom illness with a multisystem pathogenesis involving alterations in the nervous, …

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Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: In October 2009, we reported the first direct isolation of infectious xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV). In that …

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Cerebral blood flow is reduced in chronic fatigue syndrome as assessed by arterial spin labeling

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome is diagnosed by a set of clinical criteria and therefore is probably heterogeneous. Earlier reports …

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Tired of being inactive: a systematic literature review of physical activity, physiological exercise capacity and muscle strength in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: A systematic review was undertaken to examine whether patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) differ from healthy sedentary controls in physiological …

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Nitric oxide concentrations are normal and unrelated to activity level in chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study

Abstract: AIM: since patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often present elevated levels of nitric oxide (NO) and low levels of physical …

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No differences in cardiovascular autonomic responses to mental stress in chronic fatigue syndrome adolescents as compared to healthy controls

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling disease with unknown etiology. There is accumulating evidence of altered cardiovascular autonomic responses …

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