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Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution

William C Reeves*, Andrew Lloyd, Suzanne D Vernon, Nancy Klimas, Leonard A Jason, Gijs Bleijenberg, Birgitta Evengard, Peter D White, Rosane Nisenbaum, Elizabeth R Unger and the International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group

BMC Health Services Research 2003, 3:25 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-3-25

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Absence of evidence of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related virus infection in persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and healthy controls in the United States

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment

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Replication of an empirical approach to delineate the heterogeneity of chronic unexplained fatigue

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Use of medications by people with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy persons: a population-based study of fatiguing illness in Georgia

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Effect of supplement with lactic-acid producing bacteria on fatigue and physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

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Barriers to healthcare utilization in fatiguing illness: a population-based study in Georgia

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Integrated Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis with an Application to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Perception versus polysomnographic assessment of sleep in CFS and non-fatigued control subjects: results from a population-based study

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How common is chronic fatigue syndrome; how long is a piece of string?

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Prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in metropolitan, urban, and rural Georgia

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Protocol for the PACE trial: A randomised controlled trial of adaptive pacing, cognitive behaviour therapy, and graded exercise as supplements to standardised specialist medical care versus standardised specialist medical care alone for patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis or encephalopathy

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Sleep characteristics of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome and non-fatigued controls: results from a population-based study

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – A clinically empirical approach to its definition and study

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A standardized empirical algorithm based on quantitative assessment provides a more precise identification of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

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A chronic fatigue syndrome – related proteome in human cerebrospinal fluid

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Chronic fatigue syndrome may overlap with Persian Gulf War syndrome and fibromyalgia; patients share a set of cerebrospinal fluid proteins identified by mass spectrometry which are missing from healthy controls, preliminary evidence for a common neurological pathology.

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The definition of disabling fatigue in children and adolescents

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Psychometric properties of the CDC Symptom Inventory for assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution

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Exercise responsive genes measured in peripheral blood of women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and matched control subjects

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Regional distribution of fatiguing illnesses in the United States: a pilot study

Cynthia Bierl, Rosane Nisenbaum, David C Hoaglin, Bonnie Randall, Ann-Britt Jones, Elizabeth R Unger, William C Reeves Population Health Metrics 2004, 2:1 (4 February 2004)