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Will vitamin D supplementation ameliorate diseases characterized by chronic inflammation and fatigue?

Abstract: Chronic NF-κB activation has been supposed as a key event in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and many other better-defined …

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Unraveling the role of perfectionism in chronic fatigue syndrome: is there a distinction between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism?

Abstract: In the current study, we investigated whether the distinction between adaptive (i.e. high personal standards) and maladaptive (i.e. concern …

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The HPA axis in the pathogenesis of chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by profound disabling chronic fatigue associated with a wide array …

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Daily physical activity of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To give an overview of the physical activity level of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in comparison with asymptomatic controls. …

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Functional genomics of serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A): interaction of polymorphism, methylation, expression and disease association

Abstract: Serotonergic neurotransmission plays a key role in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric illnesses. The functional significance of a promoter polymorphism, …

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Gut inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue and a combination of accompanying symptoms …

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Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome performed worse than controls in a controlled repeated exercise study despite a normal oxidative phosphorylation capacity

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility that a decreased mitochondrial ATP synthesis causes muscular …

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Current status of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related retrovirus in chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer: reach for a scorecard, not a prescription pad

Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related retrovirus (XMRV) is a newly discovered member of the gammaretrovirus genus of retroviruses, which has been …

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Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions

Abstract: We investigated the prevalence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) among 293 participants seen at academic hospitals in …

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Exploring the feasibility of establishing a disease-specific post-mortem tissue bank in the UK: a case study in ME/CFS

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a condition, the aetiology of which remains controversial, and there is still …

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