1. [Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an overview of current evidence].
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Ludwig B, Olbert E, Trimmel K, Seidel S, Rommer PS, Müller C, Struhal W, and Berger T
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- Humans, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Comorbidity, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic diagnosis, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic therapy, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic epidemiology, COVID-19 complications
- Abstract
Over the past 5 years both media and scientific interest has surged regarding the disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), not least because of the clinically similar manifestation in long COVID or post-COVID. In this review we discuss the process of clinical diagnosis and randomized controlled therapeutic studies on ME/CFS, and the similarities or differences to long COVID and post-COVID. So far, neither clear pathophysiologically causal nor therapeutic evidence-based results on ME/CFS have been identified in the many years of scientific research. Given the evident psychiatric comorbidity rates in patients with a diagnosis of ME/CFS, a psychosomatic etiology of this syndrome should be considered. Furthermore, a precise and reliable diagnostic classification based on stricter criteria would benefit both pathophysiological and therapeutic research., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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- 2023
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