#53 M.E. Update / Index for 1995
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter
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No. 53 December 31, 1995 Washington DC
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M.E. UPDATE / INDEX FOR 1995
CONTENTS
>>>1. M.E. publications update
>>>2. Index of CFS-NEWS articles for 1995
[CORRECTION: Last month's edition of CFS-NEWS was mistakenly listed
as number 51 whereas it was in fact edition number 52. -- Editor.]
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>>>1. M.E. publications update
[The following citations appeared in the M.E. and CFS Medical Update
as provided by Dr. Ellen Goudsmit of the Melvin Ramsay Society of
Britain. Thanks to David Axford for assistance with this report.]
ME AND CFS MEDICAL UPDATE
Volume 7, number 4 1st December 1995
NEUROLOGY\NEUROIMAGING
Costa, DC., Tannock, C and Brostoff, J. Brainstem perfusion is
impaired in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Quarterly
Journal of Medicine, 1995, 88, 767-773.
VIROLOGY
Martin, WJ., Ahmed, KN., Zeng, LC., Olsen, JC., Seward, JG and
Seehrai, JS. African green monkey origin of the atypical
cytopathic 'stealth virus' isolated from a patient with chronic
fatigue syndrome. Clinical and Diagnostic Virology, 1995, 4,
93-103.
Nairn, C., Galbraith, DN and Clements, GB. Comparison of
Coxsackie B neutralisation and enteroviral PCR in chronic fatigue
patients. Journal of Medical Virology, 1995, 46, 310-313.
Swanink, CMA., van der Meer, JWM, Vercoulen, JHMM., Bleijenberg,
G., Fennis, JFM., Galama, JMD. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the
chronic fatigue syndrome: normal virus load in blood and normal
immunological reactivity in the EBV regression assay. Clinical
Infectious Diseases, 1995, 20, 5, 1390-1392.
PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
Bou-Holaighah, I., Rowe, PC., Kan, J and Calkins, H. The
relationship between neurally mediated hypotension and the
chronic fatigue syndrome. JAMA, 1995, 274, 12, 961-967.
Cleare, AJ., Bearn, J., Allain, T., McGregor, A., Wessely, S.,
Murray, RM and O'Keane, V. Contrasting neuroendocrine responses
in depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of
Affective Disorders, 1995, 35, 283-289.
Lane, RJM., Burgess, AP., Flint, J., Riccio, M and Archard, LC.
Exercise responses and psychiatric disorder in chronic fatigue
syndrome. British Medical Journal, 1995, 311, 544-545.
Polich, J., Moore, AP., and Wiederhold, MD. P300 assessment of
chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology,
1995, 12, 2, 186-191.
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
Farmer, A., Jones, I., Hillier, J., Llewelyn, M., Borysiewicz, L
and Smith, A. Neurasthenia revisited: ICD-10 and DSM-III-R
psychiatric syndromes in chronic fatigue patients and comparison
subjects. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1995, 167, 503-506.
Lutgendorf, SK., Antoni, MH., Ironson, G., Fletcher, MA., Penedo,
F., Baum, A., Scheiderman, N and Klimas, N. Physical symptoms of
chronic fatigue syndrome are exacerbated by the stress of
Hurricane Andrew. Psychosomatic Medicine, 1995, 57, 4, 310-323.
Ray, C., Jeffries, S and Weir, WRC. Coping with chronic fatigue
syndrome: illness responses and their relationship with fatigue,
functional impairment and emotional status. Psychological
Medicine, 1995, 25, 937-945.
Swanink, CMA., Vercoulen, JHMM., Bleijenberg, G., Fennis, JFM.,
Galama, JMD and van der Meer, JWM. Chronic fatigue syndrome: a
clinical and laboratory study with a well-matched control group.
Journal of Internal Medicine, 1995, 237, 499-506.
Van Houdenhove, B., Onghena, P., Neerinckx, E and Hellin, J.
Does high 'action-proneness' make people more vulnerable to
chronic fatigue syndrome? A controlled psychometric study.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1995, 39, 5, 633-640.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Hickie, I., Lloyd, A., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., Parker, G., Bird, K
and Wakefield, D. Can the chronic fatigue syndrome be defined by
distinct clinical features? Psychological Medicine, 1995, 25,
925-935.
REVIEWS
Ablashi, DV., Ablashi, KL., Kramarsky, B., Bernbaum, J., Whitman,
JE and Pearson, GR. Viruses and chronic fatigue syndrome:
current status. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1995, 1, 2,
3-22.
Arav-Boger, R and Spirer, Z. Chronic fatigue syndrome:
paediatric aspects. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 1995, 31,
330-334.
Chalmers, A., Littlejohn, GO., Salit, I and Wolfe, F (Eds).
Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and repetitive strain
injury. Current concepts in diagnosis, management, disability,
and health economics. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 1995, 3,
2.
Farrar, DJ., Locke, SE and Kantrowitz, FG. Chronic fatigue
syndrome. Etiology and pathogenesis. Behavioral Medicine, 1995,
21, 1, 5-16.
Kantrowitz, FG., Farrar, DJ and Locke, SE. Treatment and
future research. Behavioral Medicine, 1995, 21, 1, p. 17-24.
Krilov, LR. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Pediatric Annals, 1995,
24, 6, 290-294.
Wessely, S. The epidemiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.
Epidemiologic Reviews, 1995, 17, 1, 139-151.
MISCELLANEOUS
Barker, EM., de Bruijn, BM., Immelman, EJ., Presbury, DGC., van
den Berg, ADP., Green, DA and Pinkney-Atkinson, VJ. Chronic
fatigue syndrome. South African Medical Journal, 1995, 85, 8,
780-782.
Barrows, DM. Functional capacity evaluations of persons with
chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome. American Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 1995, 49, 4, 327-337.
Baschetti, R. Liquorice and chronic fatigue syndrome. New
Zealand Medical Journal, 1995, 108, 259.
Campion, P., Dowrick, CF and Edwards, RHT. Illness behaviour in
the chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis. British
Medical Journal, 1995, 311, 1092.
Cater, RE. Chronic intestinal candidiasis as a possible
etiologic factor in the chronic fatigue syndrome. Medical
Hypotheses, 1995, 44, 6, 507-515.
Chalder, T., Wessely, S., Wallace, P, Hirsch, S and Wright, D.
Viral illness and chronic fatigue (syndrome). Lancet, 1995, 346,
449.
Chalder, T. Chronic fatigue syndrome. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 1995, 167, 549-550.
Fisk, JW. Chronic fatigue syndrome. New Zealand Medical Journal,
1995, 108, 393.
Golden, HE. Letter. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1995, 155,
1332.
Schaefer, KM. Sleep disturbances and fatigue in women with
fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. J. Obstet. Gynecol.
Neonatal Nursing, 1995, 24, 3, 229-233.
Shepherd, C. Patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic
encephalomyelitis. British Medical Journal, 1995, 311, 1021.
Swanink, CMA., Vercoulen, JHMM., Bazelmans, E., Fennis, JFM.,
Bleijenberg, G., van der Meer, JWM and Galama, JMD. Viral
antibodies in chronic fatigue syndrome. Clinical Infectious
Diseases, 1995, 21, 3, 708-709.
Tyrrell, D. Unveiling hidden virus infections. Lancet, 1995,
346, 650.
Ziem, G and Donnay, A. Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and
chemical sensitivity: overlapping disorders. Archives of
Internal Medicine, 1995, 155, 1912.
RESEARCH ON GENERAL FATIGUE AND OTHER FATIGUE SYNDROMES
Fuhrer, R and Wessely, S. The epidemiology of fatigue and
depression: a French primary-care study. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 1995, 25, 895-905.
White, PD., Thomas, JM., Amess, J., Grover, SA., Kangro, HO and
Clare, AW. The existence of a fatigue syndrome after glandular
fever. Psychological Medicine, 1995, 25, 907-916.
White, PD., Grover, SA., Kangro, HO., Thomas, JM., Amess, J and
Clare, AW. The validity and reliability of the fatigue syndrome
that follows glandular fever. Psychological Medicine, 1995, 25,
917-924.
RESEARCH ON OTHER TOPICS
Denning, DW. Can we prevent azole resistance in fungi? Lancet,
1995, 346, 454.
Mengshoel, AM., Vollestad, NK and Forre, O. Pain and fatigue
induced by exercise in fibromyalgia patients and sedentary
healthy subjects. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1995,
13, 477-482.
Verstappen, FTJ., van Santen-Hoeufft, HMS., van Sloun, S.,
Bolwijn, PH and van der Linden, S. Fitness characteristics of
female patients with fibromyalgia. Journal of Musculoskeletal
Pain, 1995, 3, 3, 45-58.
NEW BOOKS
Friedberg, F. Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Nine things
You Can Do. Oakland: New Harbinger Publ. 1995. Pb. 166pp.
CORRECTION
The letter by Hurel et al was published in the BMJ 1995, volume
311, page 329, not p. 379. We apologise for the error.
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This issue was compiled by Drs. EM Goudsmit, Dr. A. Macintyre and
Mrs S. Howes. We gratefully acknowledge help and support from
David Axford, Dr. C. Shepherd, Dr. R. Bruno and Dr. N. Frick.
The ME and CFS Medical Update is published by the Melvin Ramsay
Society for the British Library Medical Information Service and
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>>>2. Index of CFS-NEWS articles for 1995
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#43 January 22, 1995
>1. Index of CFS-NEWS articles for latter half of 1994
>2. Economic impact of CFS
>3. I.F.M.E.A. Medical Update
#44 February 28, 1995
>1. Biomarker report from Dr. Hugh Dunstan, Univ. of Newcastle
>2. British Task Force on CFS/ME/PVFS
>3. Washington meetings on April 11 & 12: NIH workshop on
designing CFS treatment trials, and ICC policy meeting
#45 March 9, 1995
>1. Overview of Hopkins study
>2. Press release for Hopkins study
>3. Interview with Hopkins researcher Dr. Peter Rowe
#46 April 30, 1995
>1. Medical publications update
>2. Report on NIH endpoints workshop, April 11
>3. Report on U.S. CFS Interagency Coordinating Committee
meeting, April 12
#47 May 31, 1995
>1. Study finds no infectious link to CFS
>2. Book on CFS, edited by Dr. Stephen Straus
>3. Discussion of Hopkins study, and CBT
#48 June 30, 1995
>1. Medical conference in Brussels set for November '95
>2. Medical publications update
>3. CDC finds wider prevalance, stronger severity
>4. NIH recruits patients for research trial
>5. CFS resources on Internet's World Wide Web
>6. Nederlandstalige ME/CFS computer netwerken
>7. "Live" talk on Internet's Relay Chat (IRC)
#49 July 31, 1995
>1. HHV-6 more prevalent in CFS cases
>2. Enterovirus evidence found by PCR
>3. Comparative study of 'abnormal' illness behavior
>4. Higher prevalence found in Buchwald study
>5. Wessely study is discussed in Lancet
>6. New Jersey CFS Center recruits patients for research trial
>7. Patient information conference Sept. 23-24 in North Carolina
#50 August 31, 1995
>1. Study finds CFS differs from depression
>2. Stealth virus found similar to African green monkey CMV
>3. Book on new approach to treatment of CFS and Fibromyalgia
>4. Catharsis Magazine seeks new editor
#51 October 31, 1995
>1. Medical publications update
>2. JAMA publishes Hopkins research linking CFS and NMH
>3. Newcastle researchers link pesticides to CFS
#52 November 30, 1995
>1. Brief report on Brussels conference
>2. Brain scan study finds bloodflow problems in CFS
>3. Medical publications update
>4. Future interviews in CFS-NEWS
#53 December 31, 1995
>1. M.E. publications update
>2. Index of CFS-NEWS articles for 1995
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