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_ _ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome _ _
A debilitating medical condition, chronic in nature, cause -
unknown, diagnosis - by exclusion, no known verified test, treatment -
by relief of symptoms, life style changes, and occasionally time.
- Generaly Known
- as CFS- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- or CFIDS - Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
Syndrome
- or ME - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
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The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Approach to Its Definition
and Study
Abstract of the paper on a New Case Definition for CFS 1994
- The complexities of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the methodologic
problems associated with its study indicate the need for a comprehensive,
systematic, and integrated approach to the evaluation, classification,
and study of persons with this condition and other fatiguing illnesses.
We propose a conceptual framework and a set of guidelines that provide
such an approach. Our guidelines include recommendations for the clinical
evaluation of fatigued persons, a revised case definition of the chronic
fatigue syndrome, and a strategy for sub grouping fatigued persons in formal
investigations.
Annals of Internal Medicine 1994;121:953-959
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A Reference Guide to
Resources on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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This is the Table of Contents or Home
Page for obtaining information on this Chronic Debilitating Medical
Condition.
This is a World Wide Web based Document. It points or
Links you to a Web of other electronic based sources of
information on CFS. You access these Links
by selecting a highlighted word or phrase. For further
information Select and Return or Point and Click on World
Wide Web (WWW).
Table of Contents
The following list of information links is a starting place for a great
exploration. It is the purpose of this space to provide an introduction.
So go and explore.
CFS Electronic Resources
- Located at | NewsLetters
| Awareness | Medical
Sites
- Government Agencies | Places
to Surf Other WWW Electronic Resources |
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- Whats new as of May
7/97
CFS Electronic Resources
Resources in No particular order at this point
Located at
Major Links to other CFS/ME/FM/... Information
- CFS FAQ (Frequently
Asked Questions - with Answeres)
- Roger Burns Collected Index
on CFS
- Marc Fluks Major World Wide Site Index
for ME/CFS (in the Netherlands)
- Directory of ME/CFS/FMS/MCS/GWS
Support group Pages
- The American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - AACFS
- Association of Youth with M.E Index
in UK
Archieves of Discussions relating to CFS/ME
Support Groups
- International Directory
of ME/CFS/FMS/MCS/GWS local Support group Pages
- Australia
- Canada
- Great Britian
- Dutch
- Switzerland
- USA
- The CFIDS Association of America
- Other Local Support
groups
NewsLetters
Awareness
Universities
- There are many Universities with Information on ME/CFS/FM/... I will
not list them all here. You can find references to them on the Burn's Index and Fluk's Index for ME/CFS
- MacMaster Index
of Resources
- Many more
Government Agencies
: in alphabetic order
- Canada
- USA
- More but I have not got'em yet 8=}
- Others
- Non Government Organizations
Medical Surfen pages
Places to Surf Other WWW Electronic Resources
- Comming some time:
Personal Pages; Whats New; References to commercial products
Freenets Supporting WWW
Interesting WWW sufen waves
More to be added as evolution occurs
Current Evolution date Oct 8 1998
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Written by Sandy Shaw who may be contacted at
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