The Nightingale Research Foundation review of the clinical and scientific basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Hyde, Byron M.
The Nightingale Research Foundation review of the clinical and scientific basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - Ottawa, Ont., Canada ; Ogdensburg, New York State, USA Nightingale Research Foundation 1992 - 724 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Clinical and scientific basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome At foot of t.p.: ""Also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome."" Spine title: The Clinical and scientific basis of M.E./CFS.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Eighty of the world's leading M.E./CFS authorities have contributed their knowledge to produce a 750-page encyclopedia on the disease process that may be one of the biggest single causes of chronic illness in the world today. Known in the United States as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and in Great Britain both as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, M.E./CFS has provoked a chronic disabling illness in an estimated 1,000,000 persons in North America and Europe. This book provides, in one superb 75-chapter source, an up-to-date, comprehensive account of current knowledge concerning the history, epidemiology, children with M.E., investigation, virology, immunology, muscle pathology, host response, food intolerance, brain mapping, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, sleep dysfunction, fibromyalgia syndrome, treatment and management. This is an essential reference book for medical, government and public library reference rooms. This text is a unique vehicle for researchers, physicians and other health education and government officials, and is easily understandable by the general public interested in M.E./CFS.
0969566204
FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC
The Nightingale Research Foundation review of the clinical and scientific basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - Ottawa, Ont., Canada ; Ogdensburg, New York State, USA Nightingale Research Foundation 1992 - 724 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Clinical and scientific basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome At foot of t.p.: ""Also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome."" Spine title: The Clinical and scientific basis of M.E./CFS.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Eighty of the world's leading M.E./CFS authorities have contributed their knowledge to produce a 750-page encyclopedia on the disease process that may be one of the biggest single causes of chronic illness in the world today. Known in the United States as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and in Great Britain both as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, M.E./CFS has provoked a chronic disabling illness in an estimated 1,000,000 persons in North America and Europe. This book provides, in one superb 75-chapter source, an up-to-date, comprehensive account of current knowledge concerning the history, epidemiology, children with M.E., investigation, virology, immunology, muscle pathology, host response, food intolerance, brain mapping, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, sleep dysfunction, fibromyalgia syndrome, treatment and management. This is an essential reference book for medical, government and public library reference rooms. This text is a unique vehicle for researchers, physicians and other health education and government officials, and is easily understandable by the general public interested in M.E./CFS.
0969566204
FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC