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Is depression associated with immune activation?

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Some research immunologists have suggested that major depression amd chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are characterized by immune activation. To test …

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One Test Too Many: Toward an Integrated Approach to Psychosomatic Disorders

Abstract: Conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, and several others belong to the group of disorders in which both physiologic …

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The fatigue syndrome in autoimmune thyroiditis with polyglandular activation of autoimmunity

Abstract: The authors compared in a group of 118 patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and a positive antibody titre against ovaries …

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Dysthymia: clinical picture, extent of overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome, neuropharmacological considerations, and new therapeutic vistas

Abstract: Dysthymia, as defined in the American Psychiatric Association and International Classification of Mental Disorders, refers to a prevalent form …

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Desmopressin augments pituitary-adrenal responsivity to corticotropin-releasing hormone in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome and in healthy volunteers

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and vasopressin (VP) are the two principal neuropeptide regulators of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in man, …

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Single aetiological agent may not be feasible in CFS patients

Comment on: Cortisol deficiency may account for elevated apoptotic cell population in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. [J Intern Med. 1999] …

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Cortisol deficiency may account for elevated apoptotic cell population in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Comment in: Single aetiological agent may not be feasible in CFS patients. [J Intern Med. 1999] Comment on: Elevated apoptotic cell population …

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Relationship Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Neurally Mediated Hypotension

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a chronic debilitating disease that afflicts 4/1000 of the general population. The pathophysiologic basis for …

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: assessing symptoms and activity level

Abstract: Current approaches to the diagnosis and assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) rely primarily on scales that measure only …

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Patients with fatigue in family practice: prevalence and treatment

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To gain insight into the prevalence and treatment of severe fatigue in general practice. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis. …

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