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Investigations of B cell phenotype & metabolic function in patients with ME/CFS

Investigations of B cell phenotype and metabolic function in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Fane Kojo Fosu Mensah. PhD thesis University College London, Division of Medicine, Sep 2019   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a … Continue reading

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Evidence of altered cardiac autonomic regulation in ME/CFS

Evidence of altered cardiac autonomic regulation in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis, by Maximillian J Nelson, Jasvir S Bahl, Jonathan D Buckley, Rebecca L Thomson, Kade Davison in Medicine October 2019 , Vol 98, Issue 43 [doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017600] … Continue reading

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The DePaul Symptom Questionnaire-2: a validation study

The DePaul Symptom Questionnaire-2: a validation study, by Helen Bedree, Madison Sunnquist & Leonard A Jason in Journal Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Vol 7, 2019 – Issue 3, pp 166-179 [https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2019.1653471]   Research abstract: Background: The DePaul Symptom Questionnaire … Continue reading

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Naltrexone restores impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in Natural Killer Cells from ME/CFS

Naltrexone restores impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in Natural Killer Cells from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by Helene Cabanas,  Katsuhiko Muraki,  Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Front. Immunol., 31 October 2019 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02545]   Research … Continue reading

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The effect of comorbid medical & psychiatric diagnoses on CFS

The effect of comorbid medical and psychiatric diagnoses on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Benjamin H Natelson, Jin-Mann S Lin, Gudrun Lange, Sarah Khan, Aaron Stegner & Elizabeth R Unger in Annals of Medicine, published online: 23 Oct 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2019.1683601]   … Continue reading

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Intra brainstem connectivity is impaired in CFS

Intra brainstem connectivity is impaired in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Leighton R Barnden, Zack Y Shan, Donald R Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Finegan, Timothy Ireland, Sandeep Bhuta, in NeuroImage: Clinical Vol 24, 2019, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102045]   Research highlights: RAS connectivity was … Continue reading

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How psychiatric referrals influence stigmatization in patients with ME & CFS

How psychiatric referrals influence stigmatization in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: an examination of American and British models, by Julia Terman, Joseph Cotler, Leonard A Jason in Community Psychology in Global Perspective Vol 5, #2, pp 19–29 … Continue reading

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Shared microglial mechanisms underpinning depression & CFS & their comorbidities

Shared microglial mechanisms underpinning depression and chronic fatigue syndrome and their comorbidities, by Adriano José Maia Chaves-Filho, Danielle S Macedo, David Freitas de Lucena, Michael Maes in Behavioural Brain Research Vol 372, 17 October 2019, 111975 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.111975]   Research abstract: … Continue reading

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Neuroimmunology: what role for autoimmunity, neuroinflammation, & small fiber neuropathy in FM, CFS, & adverse events after HPV?

Neuroimmunology: what role for autoimmunity, neuroinflammation, and small fiber neuropathy in Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and adverse events after Human Papillomavirus Vaccination?, by Varvara A Ryabkova, Leonid P Churilov and Yehuda Shoenfeld in Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(20), 5164; [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205164] … Continue reading

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Open trial of Vitamin B12 nasal drops in adults with ME/CFS

Open trial of Vitamin B12 nasal drops in adults with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: comparison of responders and non-responders, by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Klaas Riepma and Frans C Visser in Frontiers in Pharmacology,  20 September 2019 [ … Continue reading

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