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Chronic fatigue syndrome in the community. Prevalence and associations

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a poorly understood condition, apparently related to both psychiatric disturbance and infectious illness. Little …

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Human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 7 in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: We analyzed lymphocytes of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) for the presence of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 DNA. …

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Diagnosis in chronic illness: disabling or enabling–the case of chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: This paper examines doctors’ and patients’ views on the consequences of an increasingly common symptomatic diagnosis, chronic fatigue syndrome …

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Chronic fatigue syndrome

Comment on: Chronic fatigue syndrome: a follow up study. [J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1994]   Chronic fatigue syndrome: a follow up …

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: a cognitive approach

Abstract: Observations concerning the characteristics of patients who presented to a medical clinic with a principal complaint of chronic medically …

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Vagal tone is reduced during paced breathing in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often complain of an inability to maintain activity levels and a variety of …

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The disease associations of the antibody response against the Epstein-Barr virus transactivator protein ZEBRA can be separated into different epitopes

Abstract: The BamHI-Z-encoded Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication activator (ZEBRA) is a key mediator of the switch from latency to productive …

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Chronic intestinal candidiasis as a possible etiological factor in the chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: The chronic candidiasis syndrome, also known as the Candida-related complex, putatively caused by the overgrowth of Candida albicans in …

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Postinfectious fatigue: prospective cohort study in primary care

Abstract: The idea that chronic fatigue has an infectious origin has become popular, but the main evidence for such an …

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GPs’ attitudes to a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Evidence supports presence of encephalitis

Comment on: General practitioners’ attitudes to patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. [BMJ. 1995]   EDITOR,-Although the precise pathoaetiology …

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