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ReviewDer Nervenarzt2023

[Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an overview of current evidence].

Birgit Ludwig, Elisabeth Olbert, Karin Trimmel, Stefan Seidel, Paulus S Rommer, Christian Müller, Walter Struhal, Thomas Berger

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Review in Der Nervenarzt, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Birgit LudwigUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Elisabeth OlbertUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Tulln, Österreich.
Karin TrimmelUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Stefan SeidelUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Paulus S RommerUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. paulus.rommer@meduniwien.ac.at.
Christian MüllerUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Walter StruhalUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Tulln, Österreich.
Thomas BergerUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Medical University of Vienna · ATUniversitätsklinik für Neurologie · ATUniversitätszahnklinik Wien · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past 5 years both media and scientific interest has surged regarding the disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), not least because of the clinically similar manifestation in long COVID or post-COVID. In this review we discuss the process of clinical diagnosis and randomized controlled therapeutic studies on ME/CFS, and the similarities or differences to long COVID and post-COVID. So far, neither clear pathophysiologically causal nor therapeutic evidence-based results on ME/CFS have been identified in the many years of scientific research. Given the evident psychiatric comorbidity rates in patients with a diagnosis of ME/CFS, a psychosomatic etiology of this syndrome should be considered. Furthermore, a precise and reliable diagnostic classification based on stricter criteria would benefit both pathophysiological and therapeutic research.

Indexed as

COVID-19Fatigue Syndrome, ChronicComorbidityHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeEvidencePost-COVIDPOTSPsychosomaticRandomized-controlled trials

Identifiers

PMID36695893
PMCPMC9875188
OpenAlexW4317936750

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