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We have over 7,100 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.

The relationship between illness attributions and attributional style in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between illness attributions and general attributional style in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). METHOD: Participants with CFS …

Perceived exertion in fatiguing illness: Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: PURPOSE: It has been reported that ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) are elevated in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We …

Perceived exertion in fatiguing illness: civilians with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: PURPOSE: It has been reported that ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) are elevated in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). However, …

Financial, occupational, and personal consequences of disability in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia compared to other fatiguing conditions

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the nature and degree of self-reported disability in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and its …

Comparative study of anxiety, depression, somatization, functional disability, and illness attribution in adolescents with chronic fatigue or migraine

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare adolescents with migraine, unexplained profound chronic fatigue of >6 months duration, and normal school controls on …

Correlates of illness worry in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Anxiety about illness leading to restriction of activity and physical deconditioning has been hypothesized to contribute to the …

Unexplained fatigue syndromes in a multinational primary care sample: specificity of definition and prevalence and distinctiveness from depression and generalized anxiety

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether narrow definitions of unexplained fatigue syndromes that require additional minor somatic symptoms are more …

Use of IVIG in secondary immunodeficiencies

Abstract: The research connects usefulness of intravenous preparates of immunoglobulins in patients with secondary immunodeficiencies. Basing on the data of …

Lessons from macrophagic myofasciitis: towards definition of a vaccine adjuvant-related syndrome

Abstract: Macrophagic myofasciitis is a condition first reported in 1998, which cause remained obscure until 2001. Over 200 definite cases …

Comorbid illness in women with chronic fatigue syndrome: a test of the single syndrome hypothesis

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Evidence of comorbidity among unexplained illness syndromes raises the possibility that all are variants of a single functional …

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Pyridostigmine and low-dose naltrexone for ME/CFS: study protocol for the Life Improvement Trial (LIFT), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex, chronic disease with no FDA-approved treatments. This report describes a …Read More »
Development and initial content validation of the Vienna post-exertional malaise questionnaire: an iterative mixed-methods study
Abstract: Objectives: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a multidimensional exertion-response pattern involving diverse triggers, variable onset, and prolonged recovery. This study …Read More »
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Multiple Sclerosis are associated with lower translocator protein binding affinity genotypes
Abstract: Introduction: Neuroinflammation is a known pathophysiologic mechanism in multiple sclerosis and a proposed mechanism in fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic …Read More »
More common than we thought: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, comorbidity burden, and long COVID risk in a national cohort
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A Woman With Multiple Neuropathic Symptoms, Hypersensitivity to Heat, Peppers, and Alcohol, With a Variant in the TRPV1 Capsaicin Receptor Gene: Possible Implications to ME/CFS
Abstract: Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a ligand and heat-gated ion channel expressed on nociceptors that plays a …Read More »