Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Documents the latest results and opinions on the causes and possible cures for this disorder. Coverage includes retroviral involvement, immunity, pathophysiology and pharmacological treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Partial table of contents:

Clinical Presentation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (A.
Komaroff).

Society, Mind and Body in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An
Anthropological View (N. Ware).

Epidemiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Centers for
Disease Control Study (W. Gunn, et al.).

Studies of Herpesvirus Infection in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (S.
Straus).

Immunity and the Pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (A.
Lloyd, et al.).

The Neuropsychiatry of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (S.
Wessely).

Pharmacological Approaches to the Therapy of Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome (D. McCluskey).

Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment (M. Sharpe).

Indexes.