Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
"The Medical Practitioners' Challenge in 2001"
•••Informed Accurate Diagnosis•••

DVD: Who Will Protect the Children?	Dr Nigel Speight and John Chapman PhD
Review: DVD - Who Will Protect the Children?	Gurli Bagnall
Preface to the Proceedings	Christine Hunter
Attendee Report	Dr Rosamund Vallings

Abstracts

The Biology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	AL Komaroff
Usefulness of the Fukuda and Holmes definition in the diagnosis of CFS	P De Becker, J Nijs, E Van Hoof, N McGregor, K De Meirleir
Management of Patients Presenting with CFS at Primary Care Level	DP Lewis
Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In One Health Authority: Epidemiology, Spectrum Of Severity And Natural History	ANP Speight
Gastro-intestinal Symptoms and Gastric Emtpying Studies in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	RB Burnet, B Chatterton
'Bacterial Colonosis' in Patients with Persistent Fatigue	HL Butt, RH Dunstan, NR McGregor, TK Roberts
Research update in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	WMH Behan
Excess lactic acid is not a cause of fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	C Sargeant, GC Scroop, RB Burnet, JD Buckley, PD Nemeth
No evidence of hypotension or impaired cognitive function with acute orthostatic stress in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	A McGrath, GC Scroop, C Sargeant, RB Burnet, B Chatterton
Diagnosis and treatment of multiple, chronic bacterial and viral infections in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Gulf War Illness	GL Nicolson, M Nasralla, X Gu, R Gan, N Nicolson
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as Subsets of a Group of Cellular Immunity Disorders	P Englebienne, M Fremont, V Herst, K De Meirleir
Evidence of Active HHV-6 Infection and its Correlation with RNase L Low Molecular Wight Protein (37KDa) in CFS Patients	D Ablashi, M Roman, C Owen, S Gupta, CV Herst, D Peterson, S Levine, R Harris, P Frank, W Philip, J Whitman
Associations betweens Mycoplasmae and 2,5A synthetase RNase L antiviral pathway in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	J Nijs, K De Meirleir, D Coomans, P De Becker, GL Nicolson
Antiviral pathway gene expression is not increased in CFS	WMH Behan
Stress and Combined Exposure to Low Daily Doses of Pyridostigmine Bromide, DEET, and Permethrin in Adult Rats Causes Blood Brain Barrier Disruption and Neurochemical and Neuropathological Alterations in the Brain.	MB Abou-Donia
Objective Evidence of Brain Impairent in the Chemical Syndrome	KH Kilburn
The position of Australian psychiatry in the CFS debate	N Phillips
How to differentiate CFS from psychiatric disorder	E Stein
Pathophysiological Mechanisms in CFS	K De Meirleir, P De Becker, J Nijs, D Peterson, G Nicolson, R Patarca, P Englebienne
Regional cerebral bloodflow in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)	R Casse, P Delfante, L Barnden, R Burnett, M Kitchener, R Kwiatek
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Autism: A spectrum of disease?	R Cosford
Biochemical anomalies in people with chronic fatigue syndrome who have visual problems: Implications for immune system dysfunction and dietary intervention	GL Robinson, DL Sparkes, TK ROberts, NR McGregor, R Conway
The integrity of the circadian timekeeping system in chronic fatigue syndrome	GA Tooley, MP McCabe
Evidence based model of the pathogenic mechanisms associated with symptom expression in chronic fatigue syndrome	NR McGregor, P De Becker, P Clifton Bligh, E Stein, HL Butt, K De Meirleir, L Hoskin, RH Dunstan, G Fulcher, K King, S Niblett, TK Roberts, J Dunsmore.
Food intolerance exists as a co-morbidity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	TM Emms, TK Roberts, HL Butt, I Buttfield, NR McGregor, RH Dunstan
Carnitine, Acetylcarnitine and Propionylcarnitine in the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	RCW Vermeulen, RM Kurk, HR Scholte
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Acclydine in combination with amino acids in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	P De Becker, J Nijs, E Van Hoof, N McGregor, K De Meirleir
A Sociological Gaze on ME/CFS: a Modern Malady in Need of Humane Medicine	NT Millen
Education, Equity and Cognitive Dysfunction Dilemmas	DIW Morris
Inappropriate Child Abuse proceedings against families of paediatric ME/CFS sufferers	ANP Speight
A Medical Nightmare–a Family's Story of CFS	John Chapman
Legal Issues–Determining the Appropriate Treatment	SR Molesworth
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Histories: a Complementary Perspective	R Cosford
Two Case Studies of Successful Treatment of CFS/ME	R Schloeffel
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	R Vallings

Posters

Cardiovascular function and exercise intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome	WMH Behan, E Georgiades, Y Pitsiladis, N Macfarlane, J Wilson, L Kilduff & SA Ward
Etiology of CFS: the Belgian experience	P De Becker, J Nijs, N McGregor, K De Meirleir
Monitoring a Hypothetical Channelopathy in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	J Nijs, C Demanet, N McGregor, P De Becker, M Verhas, P Englebienne, K De Meirleir
Prevalence of Mycoplasma Infections Among Belgian CFS Patients	J Nijs, GL Nicolson, P De Becker, K De Meirleir
Supplementation with L-serine shows potential for symptom management in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)	TM Emms, M Thrift, I Buttfield, TK Roberts, HL Butt, RH Dunstan, NR McGregor
Are cortisol levels low in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?: A meta-analysis	A Harvey, G Purdie, J Bushnell, P Ellis
A Suspected New Chronic Roundworm Parasite, Cryptostrongylus Pulmoni (Provisional) Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Blinded trials	LA Klapow
CFS and Oral Tolerance	CH Little
Deregulation of Succinate Metabolism in a Cohort of Petients with Defined Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	P Clifton Bligh, NR McGregor, G Fulcher, RH Dunstan, K King, S Niblett, L Hoskin, TK Roberts, HL Butt, J Dunsmore, IJ Klineberg
A Case of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Horse from USA Examined in Dubai	W Tarello

 

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