A status report on chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: Medical history has shown that clinical disease entities or syndromes are composed of many subgroups–each with its own cause …
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The role of environmental factors in medically unexplained symptoms and related syndromes: conference summary and recommendations
Abstract: This monograph of peer-reviewed articles is based on presentations at the conference “Environmental Factors in Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms …
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Chronic unexplained fatigue
After more than two years’ gestation, an independent working group, set up by the previous Chief Medical Officer for England, …
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IgM serum antibodies to human cytomegalovirus nonstructural gene products p52 and CM2(UL44 and UL57) are uniquely present in a subset of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IgM serum antibodies to two nonstructural gene products UL44 and UL57 (p52 and CM2) were assayed …
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A computational analysis of Canale-Smith syndrome: chronic lymphadenopathy simulating malignant lymphoma
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to simulate changes in the human T cell system representing Canale-Smith syndrome …
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Markers of viral infection in monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: To estimate the prevalence of viruses associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to control for genetic and environmental factors, we …
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Latent class analysis of symptoms associated with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia continue to be perplexing conditions of unknown validity. Aetiological and symptomatic heterogeneity is likely …
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Long-term follow-up of patients from the 1989 Q fever outbreak: no evidence of excess cardiac disease in those with fatigue
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In 1989, an outbreak of Q fever (C. burnetii infection) with 147 confirmed cases occurred in Solihull, West …
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Chronic fatigue following infection by Coxiella burnetii (Q fever): ten-year follow-up of the 1989 UK outbreak cohort
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Some patients exposed to Q fever (Coxiella burnetii infection) may develop chronic fatigue. AIM: To determine whether subjects …
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Peripheral blood mononuclear cell beta-endorphin concentration is decreased in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia but not in depression: preliminary report
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the possible role of the immune system in the pathophysiology …
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