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The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome

Kenneth J Reynolds, Suzanne D Vernon, Ellen Bouchery and William C Reeves*

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2004, 2:4 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-2-4

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The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database

Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley, Margaret T May, Jonathan AC Sterne, William Hollingworth, BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:217 (15 September 2011)

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Evidence for a heritable predisposition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Frederick Albright, Kathleen Light, Alan Light, Lucinda Bateman, Lisa A Cannon-Albright BMC Neurology 2011, 11:62 (27 May 2011)

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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

William M Switzer, Hongwei Jia, Oliver Hohn, HaoQiang Zheng, Shaohua Tang, Anupama Shankar, Norbert Bannert, Graham Simmons, R Michael Hendry, Virginia R Falkenberg, William C Reeves, Walid Heneine Retrovirology 2010, 7:57 (1 July 2010)

Recent reports suggesting xenotropic murine leukemia virus (XMRV) as the etiological agent in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) contradicted by molecular and serological assay of US population archives.

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The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families

Ramon Sabes-Figuera, Paul McCrone, Mike Hurley, Michael King, Ana Donaldson, Leone Ridsdale BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:56 (4 March 2010)

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment

Alfredo Avellaneda Fernández, Álvaro Pérez Martín, Maravillas Izquierdo Martínez, Mar Arruti Bustillo, Francisco Javier Barbado Hernández, Javier de la Cruz Labrado, Rafael Díaz-Delgado Peñas, Eduardo Gutiérrez Rivas, Cecilia Palacín Delgado, Javier Rivera Redondo, José Ramón Ramón Giménez BMC Psychiatry 2009, 9(Suppl 1):S1 (23 October 2009)

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An evaluation of exclusionary medical/psychiatric conditions in the definition of chronic fatigue syndrome

James F Jones, Jin-Mann S Lin, Elizabeth M Maloney, Roumiana S Boneva, Urs M Nater, Elizabeth R Unger, William C Reeves BMC Medicine 2009, 7:57 (12 October 2009)

Individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and those with CFS-like criteria plus an exclusionary condition share similar symptoms and impairment levels, highlighting a need for careful clinical evaluation to identify treatable conditions and recruit accurately for epidemiological research

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

Åsa Sullivan, Carl E Nord, Birgitta Evengård Nutrition Journal 2009, 8:4 (26 January 2009)

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A train-the-trainer education and promotion program: chronic fatigue syndrome – a diagnostic and management challenge

Dana J Brimmer, K Kimberly McCleary, Teresa A Lupton, Katherine M Faryna, Kevin Hynes, William C Reeves BMC Medical Education 2008, 8:49 (15 October 2008)

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Evidence of inflammatory immune signaling in chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study of gene expression in peripheral blood

Anne L Aspler, Carly Bolshin, Suzanne D Vernon, Gordon Broderick Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008, 4:44 (26 September 2008)

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GB virus-C – a virus without a disease: We cannot give it chronic fatigue syndrome

James F Jones, Prasad S Kulkarni, Salvatore T Butera, William C Reeves BMC Infectious Diseases 2005, 5:78 (28 September 2005)