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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding a Complex Illness

Overview
Journal Nat Rev Neurosci
Specialty Neurology
Date 2011 Jul 28
PMID 21792218
Citations 41
Authors
Stephen T Holgate
Anthony L Komaroff
Dennis Mangan
Simon Wessely
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Abstract

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating illness that affects many people. It has been marred by controversy, from initial scepticism in the medical community about the existence of the condition itself to continuing disagreements--mainly between some patient advocacy groups on one side, and researchers and physicians on the other--about the name for the illness, its aetiology, its pathophysiology and the effectiveness of the few currently available treatments. The role of the CNS in the disease is central in many of these discussions. Nature Reviews Neuroscience asked four scientists involved in CFS research about their views on the condition, its causes and the future of research aimed at improving our understanding of this chronic illness.

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