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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

 

Explore a large collection of Research Articles on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome collected out of a variety of Medical Journals. Each Article listed here is freely available in Full-Text at the Publisher's Website.

 

The articles are divided into 5 different categories:

  1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis

    Articles on the Case Definition for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, clinical guidelines for diagnosing CFS, biological markers, gene expression in subtypes of CFS patients,...

  2. General Articles on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:

    Most of the papers here present an overview of CFS giving a list of symptoms, prevalence, general practitioners' beliefs, incidence, prognosis and risk factors for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

  3. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment

    Articles regarding possible treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Today there still is no 100% treatment for CFS.
    This category represents a collection of articles on studies that have been done regarding possible CFS treatments.

  4. The role of Herpes, XMRV and other Viruses within Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Many CFS patients have been diagnosed with CMV,EBV, HHV6, HHV7, and other viral infections. In this category, a number of papers is presented on whether or not these viruses play an important role in the CFS picture.

  5. The role Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus ( XMRV ) in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ( NEW ! )

    Very promising new research on the role of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After the Lombardi et al. (Science October 23, 2009 326: 585) study in 2009, several follow-up studies failed to confirm the initial discovery of this novel retrovirus.
    However in August 2010, investigators from the U.S. FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, in collaboration with a physician scientist at Harvard Medical School, showed that MLV-like viruses are present in the blood of people with CFS !

  6. Dysfunctions found in CFS patients and Research looking for the Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    This is the largest category. Different possible causes for Chronic fatigue syndrome are presented / examined here. Many research papers present several abnormalities within CFS patients like activated immunity, abnormal MRI scans, exercise intolerance,...

  7. Mycoplasma and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Garth Nicolson

    A collection of articles written by Prof Garth Nicolson and colleagues on the role of Mycoplasma Infections within various chronic illnesses including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gulf War Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.

 

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