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Heterologous immunity: immunopathology, autoimmunity and protection during viral infections

There is a strong association between infection-related cell-mediated immunity and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis …

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Effect of Tuina on oxygen free radicals metabolism in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore the mechanism of Tuina for treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. METHODS: A total of 90 patients …

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Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: an update

Abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also referred to as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), is a disease of unknown origin. It is …

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Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: group cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise versus usual treatment. A randomised controlled trial with 1 year of follow-up

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) produces physical and neurocognitive disability that significantly affects health-related quality of life (HRQL). Multidisciplinary treatment combining …

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CFS prevalence and risk factors over time

Abstract: The present natural history study examined the course of CFS from 1995-97 (Wave 1) to approximately 10 years later …

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Diagnostic accuracy of symptoms characterising chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: PURPOSE: To determine the diagnostic accuracy for single symptoms and clusters of symptoms to distinguish between individuals with and …

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Long-chain acylcarnitine deficiency in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Potential involvement of altered carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I activity

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The underlying aetiology of chronic fatigue syndrome is currently unknown; however, in the light of carnitine’s critical role in mitochondrial …

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No evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS patients with fatigue despite the ability of the virus to infect human blood cells in vitro

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV), a novel human retrovirus originally identified in prostate cancer tissues, has recently …

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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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