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Arguments for a Role of Abnormal Ionophore Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disorder that is now receiving world-wide attention from the scientific and medical communities. The precise incidence is unknown, but it has been estimated to have a prevalence of approximately one per thousand (The facts about chronic fatigue syndrome. Coordinating Committee. US Department of Health and Human Services. CDC/NCID, September 28, 1993). It affects individuals, women more than men at the most productive time in their lives. Until now, the syndrome has been poorly defined. Recently an attempt has been made to give a comprehensive definition that can be used in studies and research but essentially this definition, which is far from perfect, is one of exclusion (Fukuda et al, 1994). The authors “support changing the name when more is known about the underlying pathophysiological process” (Fukuda et al, 1994). The patients reported in our studies all fulfilled this recent CDC criteria and also the other definitions that have also been proposed (Majeed et al, 1995, Sharpe, 1991). All of our cases were admitted as in-patients and had an exhaustive, comprehensive study to rule out all other causes of fatigue.

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    Abhijit Chaudhuri, Walter S. Watson & Peter O. Behan

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Chaudhuri, A., Watson, W.S., Behan, P.O. (1997). Arguments for a Role of Abnormal Ionophore Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In: Yehuda, S., Mostofsky, D.I. (eds) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5953-5_6

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