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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Study results from Vrije University, Department of Human Physiology in the area of chronic fatigue syndrome published
April 10th, 2007
A report, "Defining the occurrence and influence of alpha-delta sleep in chronic fatigue syndrome," is newly published data in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. According to recent research from Brussels, Belgium, "Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) present a disordered sleep pattern and frequently undergo polysomnography to exclude a primary sleep disorder. Such studies have shown reduced sleep efficiency, a reduction of deep sleep, prolonged sleep initiation, and alpha-wave intrusion during deep sleep." "Deregulation of the 2-5A synthetase/RNase L antiviral pathway and a potential acquired channelopathy are also found in a subset of CFS...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-04-10)
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