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Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine & deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescents with CFS

Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine and deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescent with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Chinh Bkrong Nguyen, Surendra Kumar, Manuela Zucknick, Vessela N Kristensen, Johannes Gjerstad, Hilde Nilsen, Vegard BruunWyller, in Brain Behav Immun. 2018 … Continue reading

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‘It’s like being a slave to your own body in a way’: a qualitative study of adolescents with CFS/ME

Research abstract: ‘It’s like being a slave to your own body in a way’: a qualitative study of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Berit Widerøe Njølstad, Anne Marit Mengshoel & Unni Sveen in Scand J Occup Ther. 2018 Apr 1:1-10. … Continue reading

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SEID diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent CFS cohort

Research abstract: Systemic exertion intolerance disease diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cohort: evaluation of subgroup differences and prognostic utility, by Tarjei Tørre Asprusten, Dag Sulheim, Even Fagermoen, Anette Winger, Eva Skovlund, Vegard Bruun Wyller in BMJ Paediatrics … Continue reading

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Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in adolescent CFS

Research abstract: Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome by VB Wyller, CB Nguyen, JA Ludviksen, TE Mollnes in J Transl Med. 2017 Dec 4;15(1):245 BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a prevalent and disabling condition among adolescents. The … Continue reading

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Sleep-wake rhythm disturbances & perceived sleep in adolescent CFS

Research abstract: Sleep-wake rhythm disturbances and perceived sleep in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome, by M Pedersen, M Ekstedt, MC Småstuen, VB Wyller, D Sulheim, E Fagermoen, A Winger, E Pedersen, H Hrubos-Strøm in J Sleep Res. 2017 Oct; 26(5):595-601. [Epub 2017 … Continue reading

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Altered B cells found in whole blood gene expression in adolescent CFS

Research abstract Whole blood gene expression in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: an exploratory cross-sectional study suggesting altered B cell differentiation and survival, by Chinh Bkrong Nguyen, Lene Alsøe, Jessica M. Lindvall, Dag Sulheim, Even Fagermoen, Anette Winger, Mari Kaarbø, Hilde … Continue reading

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Clonidine has little effect on autonomic cardiovascular & orthostatic symptoms in adolescents with CFS

Research abstract: Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a common and disabling condition in adolescence with few treatment options. A central feature of CFS is orthostatic intolerance and abnormal autonomic cardiovascular control characterized by sympathetic predominance. We hypothesized that symptoms … Continue reading

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Adolescents with CFS have poor quality of life

Research abstract: AIM: To study health related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to investigate in which domains their HRQOL and depressive symptoms differ from those of healthy adolescents. BACKGROUND AND … Continue reading

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