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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Toward An Empirical Case Definition.
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- The Implications and Predictability of Sleep Reversal for People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Machine Learning Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The search for a blood-based biomarker for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): from biochemistry to electrophysiology.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
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- What Long COVID investigators can learn from four decades of ME/CFS research.Brain behavior and immunity integrative · 2023Article
- Evaluating case diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): toward an empirical case definition.Disability and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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- [Post-corona fatigue-a familiar picture in a new guise?]Der Onkologe : Organ der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft e.V · 2022Article
- Clinical Profile and Aspects of Differential Diagnosis in Patients with ME/CFS from Latvia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Review of case definitions for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).Journal of translational medicine · 2020Review
- Predicting GP visits: A multinomial logistic regression investigating GP visits amongst a cohort of UK patients living with Myalgic encephalomyelitis.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Systemic exertion intolerance disease/chronic fatigue syndrome is common in sleep centre patients with hypersomnolence: A retrospective pilot study.Journal of sleep research · 2019Article
- Validation of impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?Metabolic brain disease · 2019Review
- Deconstructing post-exertional malaise: An exploratory factor analysis.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- Effects of unsupportive social interactions, stigma, and symptoms on patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.Journal of community psychology · 2018Article
- Loss of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2018Article
- The Development of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: Original, Expanded, Brief, and Pediatric Versions.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Automatic analysis of treadmill running to estimate times to fatigue and exhaustion in rodents.PeerJ · 2018Article
- Differences in ME and CFS Symptomology in Patients with Normal and Abnormal Exercise Test Results.International journal of neurology and neurotherapy · 2017Article
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Abstract
Current case definitions of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been based on consensus methods, but empirical methods could be used to identify core symptoms and thereby improve the reliability. In the present study, several methods (i.e., continuous scores of symptoms, theoretically and empirically derived cut off scores of symptoms) were used to identify core symptoms best differentiating patients from controls. In addition, data mining with decision trees was conducted. Our study found a small number of core symptoms that have good sensitivity and specificity, and these included fatigue, post-exertional malaise, a neurocognitive symptom, and unrefreshing sleep. Outcomes from these analyses suggest that using empirically selected symptoms can help guide the creation of a more reliable case definition.
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