Abstract: A subgenomic restriction fragment from cDNA prepared from Coxsackie B2 virus (CVB2) RNA was subcloned into a riboprobe vector allowing the production of enteroviral group-specific RNA probes complementary to…
…responsibility of the clinician to make this decision in each individual case. Source: Nix WA. Chronic fatigue syndrome–a new disease picture? Nervenarzt. 1990 Jul;61(7):390-6. [Article in German] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2202912 …
…infections and essential fatty acid (EFA) metabolism. Key elements of the hypothesis are the facts that interferon requires 6-desaturated EFAs in order to exert its anti-viral effects, that people with…
Abstract: To evaluate the clinical and virologic course of patients with chronic fatigue who had elevated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) titers, we prospectively followed up 26 patients with serial cultures for…
…whose CFS had been attributed to ME or PVS, the time course of their illness and the respiratory psychophysiological studies were characteristic of chronic habitual hyperventilation in 93. It is…
…growing consensus that the syndrome comprises various separate disease entities and causative agents. Today we can tentatively differentiate a “chronic mononucleosis” after infection with Epstein-Barr virus, an etiologically undetermined “postviral…
…Four patients were found to have diseases compatible with their symptoms. In those remaining, an initial acute onset of symptoms was associated with an intermittent course, tender glands and a…
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…dizziness, were reported in 75% of the cases. A cause or diagnosis was not identified by the practicing physician in nearly 50% of the encounters; nevertheless, most episodes resolved spontaneously….
…will conclude with a discussion of the management of these patients. Source: Abbey SE, Garfinkel PE. Chronic fatigue syndrome and the psychiatrist. Can J Psychiatry. 1990 Oct;35(7):625-33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2268845 …