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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.

Patient activism and the struggle for diagnosis: Gulf War illnesses and other medically unexplained physical symptoms in the US

Abstract: We examine Gulf War illnesses–which include the fatigue, joint pain, dermatitis, headaches, memory loss, blurred vision, diarrhea, and other …

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Enterovirus related metabolic myopathy: a postviral fatigue syndrome

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To detect and characterise enterovirus RNA in skeletal muscle from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to …

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Enteroviruses in chronic fatigue syndrome: “now you see them, now you don’t”

Comment on: Enterovirus related metabolic myopathy: a postviral fatigue syndrome. [J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003]   In the paper by Lane …

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Efficacy of a half dose of oral pyridostigmine in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: three case reports

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by persistent mental and physical fatigue for at least 6 months. Its pathophysiology …

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Detection of enterovirus in human skeletal muscle from patients with chronic inflammatory muscle disease or fibromyalgia and healthy subjects

Abstract: Enterovirus RNA has been found previously in specimens of muscle biopsy from patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic inflammatory …

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Diagnostic evaluation of 2′, 5′-oligoadenylate synthetase activities and antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus and Coxiella burnetii in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan

Abstract: To investigate the association of viral infections with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), we assayed 2′, 5′-oligoadenylate synthetase (2-5AS) activities …

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Aerobic capacity of Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: A large overlap exists between the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and the unexplained symptoms reported by many …

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Rupture of silicone gel breast implants and symptoms of pain and fatigue

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare symptoms of women with silicone gel breast implants and women with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and …

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First-night effect in the chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Since the magnitude of the first-night effect has been shown to be a function of medical conditions and of …

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Effect of topical nasal corticosteroids on patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and rhinitis

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling illness of persistent fatigue. Recent studies have shown that patients with …

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