…doctor and patient arises from misconceptions about the nature and cause of psychological disturbances. Source: David AS. Postviral fatigue syndrome and psychiatry. Br Med Bull. 1991 Oct;47(4):966-88. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1794094 …
…release in response to lipopolysaccharide was depressed (P less than 0.01) in PBMC cultures derived from patients with CFS. No differences in IL-2 and IL-4 or immunoglobulin production were observed….
…fatigue syndrome who had undergone extensive investigation to exclude other conditions. 41 controls from the same catchment area without evidence of fatigue, all undergoing routine surgery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Routine…
…the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, and France. The disease primarily affects individuals between 20 and 50 years of age, and there is a…
…them to a centre specialising in this devastating and poorly understood disease. Source: Lopis R. A personal encounter with a mystery illness. Aust Fam Physician. 1991 Mar;20(3):316-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2039419 …
…tests available for detecting coxsackie B virus antibodies do not help diagnose the postviral fatigue syndrome. Percentage positive rates of the antibodies in patients simply reflect the background in the…
…between fatigue, psychological vulnerability, depression, and immune function may be further defined. Recent data from psychological, neurologic, and immunologic studies that address these issues are reviewed. METHOD: Articles and abstracts…
SIR, Dr Anthony David and colleagues (1) cite our paper (2) as one that makes inflated claims about the chtionic fatigue syndrome. We first reported retrospectively an association between antibodies…
…with chronic symptoms after mononucleosis. Three important antigen complexes, demonstrable by immunofluorescence procedures, are expressed in EBV-infected cells. The early antigen is thought to function perhaps in early replication of…
…SC, Hales JP. Muscle performance, voluntary activation, twitch properties and perceived effort in normal subjects and patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. Brain. 1991 Feb;114 ( Pt 1A):85-98. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1998892 …