Chronic fatigue syndrome: signs of a new approach.
Persistent media highlighting of the plight of patients suffering from severe fatigue of unknown cause (postviral fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis) has at last been matched by professional attention. Recent research has started to clarify the roles of infective, neuromuscular and psychiatric factors in the illness, but pathophysiological mechanisms remain obscure.
David
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King's College Hospital, London.
Wessely
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Pelosi
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AJ
D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy