Dr Ellen Goudsmit has updated the 1999 paper written by her, Dr Charles Shepherd, Christine Dancey and Sandra Howes outlining new criteria for research into ME and challenging the view that CFS and ME are the same condition. The research article concludes:
These new criteria were devised to increase diagnostic precision and allow researchers to compare and contrast ME and CFS. They will not only enable scientists to test the assumption that the two conditions are identical, but they should also help to clarify whether interventions which have been shown to be effective in one can be safely used to treat the other. Finally, if evidence indicates that ME is a distinct subgroup, the criteria may not only prove to be of value in research, but also in clinical practice. they should also help to clarify whether interventions which have been shown to be effective in one can be safely used to treat the other.
ME: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or a distinct clinical entity?
Other articles written by Dr Goudsmit based on this research article:
