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ArticleJournal of behavioral and neuroscience research2009

Kindling and Oxidative Stress as Contributors to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

L A Jason, N Porter, J Herrington, M Sorenson, S Kubow

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Article in Journal of behavioral and neuroscience research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. A qualitative natural history study of ME/CFS in the community.Health care for women international · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L A JasonDePaul University.
N Porter
J Herrington
M Sorenson
S Kubow
DePaul University · US

Funding

ACTIVITY INTERVENTION FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROMER01AI049720 · NIAID · DE PAUL UNIVERSITY · PI JASON, LEONARD A · 2000 to 2004
$1.9M
Risk Factrors Associated with CFS and CF PrognosisR01AI055735 · NIAID · DE PAUL UNIVERSITY · PI JASON, LEONARD A · 2005 to 2007
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049720NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is one of the more complex illnesses involving multiple systems within the body. Onset of ME/CFS frequently occurs quickly, and many patients report a prior exposure to a viral infection. This debilitating illness can affect the immune, neuroendocrine, autonomic, and neurologic systems. Abnormal biological findings among some patients have included aberrant ion transport and ion channel activity, cortisol deficiency, sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity, EEG spike waves, left ventricular dysfunction in the heart, low natural killer cell cytotoxicity, and a shift from Th1 to Th2 cytokines. We propose that the kindling and oxidative stress theories provide a heuristic template for better understanding the at times conflicting findings regarding the etiology and pathophysiology of this illness.

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PMID21253446
PMCPMC3022475
OpenAlexW2344712589

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