In January 1985, two reports captured the attention of the lay and medical communities by
suggesting that a chronic illness characterized by fatigue is as-sociated with unusual …

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an increasingly popular diagnosis consisting of multiple
psychiatric and somatic symptoms. It bears a striking resemblance to the nineteenth-century …

Twenty-seven adults with a diagnosis of the chronic fatigue syndrome were enrolled in a
double-blind, placebo-controlled study of acyclovir therapy. The patients had had …

The chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was formally defined in 1988 to describe disabling
fatigue of at least 6 months' duration of uncertain etiology. Reports of CFS have emerged …

The clinical, pathological, electrophysiological, immunological and virological abnormalities
in 50 patients with the postviral fatigue syndrome are recorded. These findings confirm the …

PURPOSE: We sought to determine how often acute mononucleosis precipitates chronic
illness, and to describe the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial features that …

Twenty-one percent of 500 unselected patients, aged 17 to 50 years, seeking primary care
for any reason were found to be suffering from a chronic fatigue syndrome consistent with" …

Controversial views on the postviral fatigue syndrome (“myalgic encephalomyelitis”) were
critically appraised in their historical context and recent advances in research (virology …

Fifty patients with primary fibromyalgia who had been followed in an academic
rheumatology practice frequently reported symptoms thought to be typical of “chronic …

Depressed mood and the psychiatric diagnosis of major depressive episode (MDE) are
common findings in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The relationship between …