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12 March, 2010
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Further information related to this fact sheet: Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

 
 
 

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References used for this fact sheet
  • Carruthers, B. M. & van de Sande, M. (2005) (976kb, pdf) [online], Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A clinical case definition and guidelines for medical practitioners. An overview of the Canadian Consensus Document, Canada. More information here.
  • Lewis, D. P. (2003), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME: Turning disability toward ability, CFS Discovery Pty Ltd, Australia. More information here.
  • Peckerman, A., Lamance, J. J., Dahl, K. A., Chemitiganti, R., Quereshi, B. & Natelson, B. H. (2003), ‘Abnormal impedance cardiography predicts symptom severity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ [online], in The American Journal of Medical Science, vol. 326, no. 2, pp. 55–60. (283kb, pdf) More information here.
  • Burnet, R. B., Chatterton, B. E., Gaffney, R. D. & Scroop, G. C. (2004), Total body potassium in the chronic fatigue syndrome [online], ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of South Australia. More information here.
  • Natelson, B. H., Weaver, S. A., Tseng, Chin-Lin & Ottenweller, J. E. (2005), ‘Spinal fluid abnormalities in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ [online], in Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 52–55. More information here.
  • Chai, J. K. S. & Chia, A. Y. (2007), ‘Chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with chronic enterovirus infection of the stomach’ [online], in Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 43-48. More information here.
 
 
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