Chronic fatigue syndrome: an update
Abstract: Among the many patients who seek medical care for the complaint of fatigue, a small number suffer from chronic …
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Increased illness experience preceding chronic fatigue syndrome: a case control study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Almost all published work on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has involved retrospective surveys of cases, which may introduce …
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Long- and short-term blood pressure and RR-interval variability and psychosomatic distress in chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: 1. Chronic low blood pressure has been associated with fatigue and low mood. However, in the chronic fatigue syndrome …
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Hypnosis in chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by medically unexplained chronic and disabling physical and mental fatigue. There is growing evidence …
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Basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome (neurasthenia)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Impairments in both basal activity and activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis (HPA) have been reported in chronic …
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Chronic fatigue syndrome–a disease entity or an unspecified psychosomatic disorder?
Abstract: In spite of its nature as an often severe and disabeling disease, it is still unclear, whether the Chronic …
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A comparison of salivary cortisol in chronic fatigue syndrome, community depression and healthy controls
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previous studies reporting cortisol hyposecretion in chronic fatigue syndrome may have been confounded by venepuncture, fasting and hospitalisation. …
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Urinary free cortisol excretion in chronic fatigue syndrome, major depression and in healthy volunteers
Abstract: Urinary free cortisol excretion (UFC) was compared in 21 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), in 10 melancholic depressives …
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Chronic debilitating fatigue in Irish general practice: a survey of general practitioners’ experience
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Doctors are called upon to treat chronic debilitating fatigue without the help of a protocol of care. AIMS: …
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CD4 T lymphocytes from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have decreased interferon-gamma production and increased sensitivity to dexamethasone
Abstract: A disturbed hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland axis and alterations at the immune system level have been observed in patients with chronic fatigue …
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