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ArticleReviews in health care2012

Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Leonard A Jason, Kristen Barker, Abigail Brown

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Article in Reviews in health care, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The German Multicenter Registry for ME/CFS (MECFS-R).Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  2. Review
  3. Observational
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  5. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Leonard A JasonCenter for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kristen Barker
Abigail Brown

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

Research on pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is reviewed in this article. Many recent articles in this area highlight the existence of key differences between the adult and pediatric forms of the illness. This review article provides an overview of pediatric ME/CFS, including epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prognosis. Challenges to the field are identified with the hope that in the future pediatric cases of ME/CFS can be more accurately diagnosed and successfully managed.

Indexed as

DiagnosisMyalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue SyndromePediatrics

Identifiers

PMID24340168
PMCPMC3856907

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