title: [Overview of our patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) from the pathoetiological aspects].
abstract: We interviewed 285 patients who visited our department claiming with a complaint of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and subsequently diagnosed 55 as having CFS, according to the criteria for CFS of the centers for disease control (CDC). We measured various virus antibody titers, 2-5, adenylate synthetase levels in the serum lymphocyte subset in blood, employing a double staining technique with monoclonal antibodies. In this paper, we pathoetiology of CFS, based on our findings and other researchers' is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gohchi
mesh_terms: D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase / Q000097:blood; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase