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Searching for serum antibodies to neuronal proteins in patients with ME/CFS

Searching for serum antibodies to neuronal proteins in patients with Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Maria Pia Giannoccaro, Judith Cossins, Kari Sorland, Oystein Fluge, Angela Vincent in Clinical Therapeutics Vol 41, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 836-847   Research abstract: Purpose: … Continue reading

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Biotransformation profiles from a cohort of chronic fatigue women in response to a hepatic detoxification challenge

Biotransformation profiles from a cohort of chronic fatigue women in response to a hepatic detoxification challenge, by Elardus Erasmus, Francois E Steffens, Mari van Reenen, B Chris Vorster, Carolus J Reinecke in  PLoS ONE 14 (5) May 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216298]   … Continue reading

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Health services for ME in Wales – a 20 year WAMES update

Health services for ME in Wales – a WAMES update   WAMES in Wales It is now 20 years since the Welsh Government (WG) was established. At that time NHS Wales became independent and WAMES began campaigning in Wales for … Continue reading

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WAMES AGM 15th June 2019

Annual General Meeting of WAMES   The annual business meeting of the Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support will be held by Skype to review past events and plan future activities. Please contact jan@wames.org.uk if you have anything to … Continue reading

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ME, CFS & chronic fatigue: three distinct entities requiring complete different approaches

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue: three distinct entities requiring complete different approaches, by Frank NM Twisk in Current Rheumatology Reports June 2019, 21:27 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-019-0823-z]   Letter abstract: Purpose of Review: A recent review implicates that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), … Continue reading

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Increased risk of CFS following psoriasis in Taiwan

Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following psoriasis: a nationwide population-based cohort study, by Shin-Yi Tsai, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Chi Chen, Chon-Fu Lio, Chien-Feng Kuo, Kam-Hang Leong, Yu-Ting Tina Wang, Tse-Yen Yang, Ching-Hui You and Wei-Sheng Wang in Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 … Continue reading

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Validation of impaired TRPM3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from CFS/ME

Validation of impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients, by H Cabanas, K Muraki, C Balinas, N Eaton-Fitch, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in Mol Med. 2019 Apr … Continue reading

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Treatment avenues in ME/CFS: a split-gender pharmacogenomic study of gene-expression

Treatment avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a split-gender pharmacogenomic study of gene-expression modules, by Mary G Jeffrey, Lubov Nathanson, Kristina Aenlle, Zachary M Barnes, Mirza Baig, Gordon Broderick, Nancy G Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher, Travis JA Craddock in Clinical … Continue reading

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Comparison of differential metabolites in urine of the middle school students with CFS before & after exercise

Comparison of differential metabolites in urine of the middle school students with chronic fatigue syndrome before and after exercise [Article in Chinese], by Chi AP, Wang ZN, Shi B, Yang XF, Min RX, Song J in Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng … Continue reading

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Altered erythrocyte biophysical properties in CFS

Altered Erythrocyte biophysical properties in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Amit K Saha, Brendan R Schmidt, Julie Wilhelmy, Vy Nguyen, Justin K Do, Vineeth C Suja, Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani, Anand K Ramasubramanian, Ronald W Davis in Biophysical Journal, Vol 116, #3, Suppl … Continue reading

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