Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Immune System Dysfunction May Play A Key Role

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 20th, 2002

Research on the immune system could shed light on the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including whether a pathogenic agent such as a virus or bacteria is involved.

This was one conclusion reached by a panel of experts that convened in October 2001 for the third in a series of scientific symposia on CFS. The symposium was sponsored by The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH).

A number of studies have suggested involvement of the immune system in CFS. New...

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