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Chronic fatigue syndrome [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2011 Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is defined by a profound, debilitating fatigue, lasting for at least 6 months and resulting in a substantial reduction of occupational, personal, social and educational status.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 1996 Chronic fatigue syndrome [CFS] exhibits many of the same features as fibromyalgia. Defining both conditions rests on subjective complaints and excluding confounding problems. It is doubtful that either is a new condition. Recent workers have emphasized potential roles of viruses in the etiology of CFS but the data are inconsistent, at best.
Sharon E. Straus
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Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map
Health Technology AssessmentBackground Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is a chronic condition, classified by the World Health Organization as a nervous system disease, impacting around 17 million people worldwide.
Alex Todhunter-Brown +8 more
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The chronic fatigue syndrome and hyperventilation [PDF]
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1997 Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by severe fatigue, lasting for at least 6 months, for which no somatic explanation can be found. Because hyperventilation can produce substantial fatigue, it seems worthwhile to investigate the relationship between it and CFS.
Bazelmans, H.M. +4 more
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Chronic fatigue syndrome [PDF]
The Lancet, 2006 During the past two decades, there has been heated debate about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) among researchers, practitioners, and patients. Few illnesses have been discussed so extensively. The existence of the disorder has been questioned, its underlying pathophysiology debated, and an effective treatment opposed; patients' organisations have ...
Prins, J.B. +2 more
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Chronic fatigue syndrome [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1998 The media has shown some interest in children with chronic fatigue syndrome, although national coverage does not always accurately reflect the position of the current medical publications. For example, one television programme indicated that most adolescents with the illness might expect to be ill for at least four years, a suggestion that research ...
J B Wright, D W Beverley
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [PDF]
Medicine, 1991 To the Editor.— We read with interest the article by Gold et al. 1 We have recently reported the psychosocial attributes 2 and the clinical and immunologic characteristics 3 of a sample of 30 subjects. We noted frequent personality and cognitive abnormalities in the cohort, such as moderate to severe depression (as measured by the Hamilton Depression ...
Nancy G. Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionThe main objective is to delimit the cognitive dysfunction associated with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in adult patients by applying the Continuous Performance Test (CPT3™).
Judith Fernández-Quirós +17 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 We propose an initial explanation for how myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) could originate and perpetuate by drawing on findings from critical illness research.
Dominic Stanculescu +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Here the hypothesis is advanced that maladaptive mechanisms that prevent recovery in some intensive care unit (ICU) patients may also underlie Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
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