Abstract: The chronic fatigue syndrome is one of the most common medical problems in Western countries. Research work in virology, immunology, metabolic medicine and psychiatry in this area is reviewed…
…development of innovative analyses, is recommended. Source: Redmond CK. Analysis of clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory data on chronic fatigue syndrome. Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Jan-Feb;13 Suppl 1:S90-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1826967 …
…HHV-6 polypeptides associated with the surfaces of infected cells were recognized by human sera. The approximate molecular masses of glycoproteins immunoprecipitated by human sera were similar to those immunoprecipitated by…
Abstract: One approach to understanding the chronic fatigue syndrome might be to carry out prospective studies of fatigue that occurs following infection with viral diseases of known etiology, such as…
…as research procedures. The most useful of these are Southern blot hybridization, particularly the variation that employs terminal genomic probe analysis; in situ cytohybridization; and polymerase chain reaction analyses. Use…
…other viruses, reflect a generalized underlying immunologic dysfunction in these patients. Future studies with criteria-defined CFS study groups in which determinations are made of antibody responses to newly identified EBV-associated…
…is particularly evident in cases for which serial samples were tested. However, these differences do not prove the cause of CFS. Cell-mediated immune responses in patients with CFS vary from…
…400 patients with CFS from northern Nevada and nearby communities in California were identified between 1984 and 1988. As a result of these studies, a cluster of clinical and laboratory…
…natural killer cells; low levels of circulating immune complexes; low levels of several autoantibodies, particularly antinuclear antibodies and antithyroid antibodies; altered levels of immunoglobulins; abnormalities in number and function of…
Abstract: The etiologic bases of CFS are undetermined at the present time. It is very important to distinguish the patients with CFS as defined by the Centers for Disease Control…