Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

General Information

NEWS:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, What Helps?

ARTICLES:

Doc, I'm Tired: New Approaches to Better Manage Fatigue and Sleepiness Associated With Common Medical Conditions

Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are being ignored.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Acetylcholine mediated vasodilatation in the microcirculation of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. (Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids)

Associations between neuroendocrine responses to the Insulin Tolerance Test and patient characteristics in chronic fatigue syndrome. (J Psychosom Res)

Autonomic function and serum erythropoietin levels in chronic fatigue syndrome. (J Psychosom Res)

Chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses in adolescents: a population-based study. (J Adolesc Health)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adolescents: A Follow-up Study (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med)

[Chronic fatigue syndrome: a review] (Recenti Prog Med)

Chronic fatigue syndrome: intracellular immune deregulations as a possible etiology for abnormal exercise response. (Med Hypotheses)

Coeliac disease: the great imitator. (Med J Aust)

Elevated levels of some neuroactive progesterone metabolites, particularly isopregnanolone, in women with chronic fatigue syndrome. (Psychoneuroendocrinology)

Exercise lowers pain threshold in chronic fatigue syndrome. (Pain)

Exploratory open label, randomized study of acetyl- and propionylcarnitine in chronic fatigue syndrome. (Psychosom Med)

Fatigue in neurological disorders. (Lancet)

High levels of type 2 cytokine-producing cells in chronic fatigue syndrome. (Clin Exp Immunol)

Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis hormones and cortisol in both menstrual phases of women with chronic fatigue syndrome and effect of depressive mood on these hormones. (BMC Musculoskelet Disord)

Illness and disability in Danish Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients at diagnosis and 5-year follow-up. (J Psychosom Res)

Impairment and coping in children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a comparative study with other paediatric disorders. (J Child Psychol Psychiatry)

Monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue syndrome: objective measures of sleep. (J Psychosom Res)

Muscle metabolism with blood flow restriction in chronic fatigue syndrome. (J Appl Physiol)

Neuroendocrine aspects of chronic fatigue syndrome. (Neuroimmunomodulation)

Neuropsychological deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. (J Int Neuropsychol Soc)

Objective assessment of personality disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome. (J Psychosom Res)

Peripheral cholinergic function in humans with chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome and with illness following organophosphate exposure. (Clin Sci (Lond))

Prevalence of chronic disabling fatigue in children and adolescents. (Br J Psychiatry)

Prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome-like caseness in the working population: results from the Maastricht cohort study. (Occup Environ Med)

Randomized controlled trial of Siberian ginseng for chronic fatigue. (Psychol Med)

Regional distribution of fatiguing illnesses in the United States: a pilot study. (Popul Health Metr)

Salivary cortisol response to awakening in chronic fatigue syndrome. (Br J Psychiatry)

Sleep assessment in a population-based study of chronic fatigue syndrome. (BMC Neurol)

Social support and the persistence of complaints in chronic fatigue syndrome. (Psychother Psychosom)

Temporal relations between unexplained fatigue and depression: longitudinal data from an international study in primary care. (Psychosom Med)

The HPA axis and the genesis of chronic fatigue syndrome. (Trends Endocrinol Metab)

INTERNET SITES:

CDC-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC-Demographics

CDC-Recovery from CFS

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America, Inc.

National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association

NCI-Fatigue

NIH-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

NIH-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Resources

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Chronic fatigue syndrome

NIH-NIAID Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Fact Sheets and Brochures

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