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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter

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No. 59 June 30, 1996 Washington DC
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M.E. PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

CONTENTS

>>>1. M.E. publications update
>>>2. Prozac study
>>>3. Borna virus disease associated with CFS?
>>>4. U.S. Congress calls for change of name

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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 the CFIDS Association of America for assistance
with this report.]

ME AND CFS MEDICAL UPDATE

Volume 8, number 2 1st June 1996

VIROLOGY

Mawle, AC., Nisenbaum, R., Dobbins, JG., Gary, HE., Stewart, JA.,
Reyes, M., Steele, L., Schmid, DS and Reeves, WC. Seroepidemiology
of chronic fatigue syndrome: A case-control study. Clinical
Infectious Diseases, 1995, 21, 6, 1386-1389.

Patnaik, M., Komaroff, AL., Conley, E., OjoAmaize, EA and Peter, JB.
Prevalence of IgM antibodies to human herpesvirus 6 early antigen
(p41/38) in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 1995, 172, 1364-1367.

Nakaya, T., Takahashi, H., Nakamura, Y., Asahi, S., Tobiume, M.,
Kuratsune, H., Kitani, T., Yamanishi, K and Ikuta, K. Demon-stration
of Borna disease virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
derived from Japanese patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Federation of European Biochemical Societies Letters, 1996, 378,
145-149.

IMMUNOLOGY

Swanink, CMA., Vercoulen, JHMM., Galama, JMD., Roos, MTL., Meyaard,
L., van der Ven-Jongekrijg, J., de Nijs, R., Bleijenberg, G., Fennis,
JFM., Miedema, F and van der Meer, J. Lymphocyte subsets,
apoptosis, and cytokines in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996, 173, 2, 460-463.

PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Fiedler, N., Kipen, HM., DeLuca, J., Kelly-McNeil, K and Natelson, B.
A controlled comparison of multiple chemical sensitivities and
chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine, 1996, 58, 38-49.

Johnson, SK., DeLuca, J and Natelson, BH. Assessing somatization
disorder in the chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine,
1996, 58, 50-57.

Moss-Morris, R., Petrie, KJ and Weinman, J. Functioning in chronic
fatigue syndrome: do illness perceptions play a regulatory role?
British Journal of Health Psychology, 1996, 1, 15-25.

Schmaling KB and Jones, JF. MMPI profiles of patients with chronic
fatigue syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1996, 40, 67-74.

Schweitzer, R., Kelly, B., Foran, A., Terry, D and Whiting, J.
Quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome. Social Science and
Medicine, 1995, 41, 1367-1372.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Euba, R., Chalder, T., Deale, A and Wessely, S. A comparison of the
characteristics of chronic fatigue syndrome in primary and tertiary
care. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1996, 168, 121-126.

Komaroff, AL., Fagioli, LR., Geiger, AM., Doolittle, TH., Lee, J.,
Kornish, J., Gleit, MA and Guerriero, RT. An examination of the
working case definition of chronic fatigue syndrome. American Journal
of Medicine, 1996, 100, 1, 56-64.

TREATMENT

Steinberg, P., McNutt, BE., Marshall, P., Schenck, C., Lurie, N.,
Pheley, A and Peterson,PK. Double-blind placebo-controlled study of
the efficacy of oral terfenadine in the treatment of chronic fatigue
syndrome. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1996, 97, 1,
119-126.

Teitelbaum, J and Bird, B. Effective treatment of severe chronic
fatigue: a report of a series of 64 patients. Journal of
Muscu-loskeletal Pain, 1995, 3, 4, 91-110.

Vercoulen, JHMM., Swanink, CMA., Zitman, FG., Vreden, SGS., Hoofs,
MPE., Fennis, JFM., Galama, JMD., van der Meer, JWM and Bleijenberg,
G. Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine
in chronic fatigue syndrome. Lancet, 1996, 347, 858-861.

REVIEWS

Behan, WMH. Chronic fatigue syndrome - diagnosis and treatment.
Rheumatology in Practice, 1996, spring, 12-16.

McCully, KK, Sisto, and Natelson, BN. Use of exercise for treat-ment
of CFS. Sports Medicine, 1996, 21, 1, 35-48.

McKenzie, R and Straus, SE. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Advances in
Internal Medicine, 1995, 40, 119-153.

Wessely, S and Sharpe, M. Chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue
syn-drome, and fibromyalgia. In Mayou R., Bass, C and Sharpe (eds.)
Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms. Oxford: OUP. 1995, chapter
16, p. 285-312.

Wessely, S. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Medicine, 1996, 24, 62-65.

SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS

Various. Proceedings from the Clinical Conference of the American
Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Fort. Lauderdale, FL,
October 1994. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1995, 1, 3/4.

MISCELLANEOUS

Baly, ME. Florence Nightingale's fever. British Medical Journal,
1996, 312, 1040.

Beard, TC and others. Chronic fatigue syndrome and neurally mediated
hypotension. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1996, 275,
5, 359-360.

Brahams, D. Legal trigger for chronic fatigue syndrome. Lancet,
1996, 347, 824.

Mesch, U., Lowenthal, RM and Coleman, D. Lead poisoning masquerading
as chronic fatigue syndrome. Lancet, 1996, 347, 1193.

Nicolson, GL., Bruton, DM and Nicolson, NL. Chronic fatigue syndrome
and operation desert storm. Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, 1996, 38, 1, 14-16.

Nixon, PGF. Chronic fatigue syndrome in army practice. Journal of
the Royal
Army Medical Corps, 1995, 141, 2, 112-3.

Nixon, P. Brainstem hypoperfusion in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 1996, 89, 2, 163.

St. George, IM. Did Cook's sailors have Tapanui flu? Chronic fatigue
syndrome on the Resolution. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1996, 109,
15-17.

Van Waveren, EK. The rise and fall of the chronic fatigue syndrome
as defined by Holmes et al. Medical Hypotheses, 1996, 46, 63-66.

Various. Correspondence re cognitive-behavioural therapy trial by
Sharpe et al. British Medical Journal, 312, 1096-1098.

Zhang, C., Baumer, A., Mackay, IR., Linnane, AW and Nagley, P.
Unusual pattern of mitochondrial DNA deletions in skeletal muscle of
an adult human with chronic fatigue syndrome. Human and Molecular
Genetics, 1995, 4, 751-754.

ARTICLES ON OTHER DISORDERS

Jamal, GA., Hansen, S., Apartpoulos, F and Peden, A. The 'Gulf War
syndrome'. Is there evidence of dysfunction in the nervous system?
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 1996, 60,
449-451.

Nicolson, GL and Rosenberg-Nicolson, NL. Doxycycline treatment and
Desert Storm. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995,
273, 8, 618-619.

Schwartz, CE., Coulthard-Morris, L and Zeng, Q. Psychosocial
correlates of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical
Rehabilitation and Medicine, 1996, 77, 165-170.

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Copyright: EM Goudsmit

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>>>2. Prozac study

[The following review is based on information provided by the Melvin
Ramsay Society of Britain.]

A Netherlands study indicates that treatments of fluoxetine (also
known as Prozac) at 20mg daily shows no benefit for CFS patients.
The study did not try the treatment at the lower dosages that are
used by many clinicians when treating CFS. The study compared 44
depressed CFS patients with 52 non-depressed CFS patients for eight
weeks of treatment. The researchers conclude that "fluoxetine in a
20mg daily does not have a beneficial effect on any characteristic of
CFS. The lack of effect of fluoxetine on depressive symptoms in CFS
suggests that processes underlying the presentation of depressive
symptoms in CFS may differ from those in patients with major
depressive disorder". See:

Vercoulen J, et al; Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled
study of fluoxetine in chronic fatigue syndrome. Lancet, 1996,
347, 858-861.

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>>>3. Borna virus disease associated with CFS?

A study of 25 CFS patients in Japan showed that 32 percent showed
evidence of exposure to Borna disease virus, although similar results
have been seen in those with other conditions. A report on this
study had been presented at the 1995 CFS medical conference in
Brussels. See:

Nakaya T, et al. Demonstration of Borna disease virus RNA in
peripheral blood mononuclear cells derived from Japanese patients
with chronic fatigue syndrome. Federation of European Biochemical
Societies Letters, 1996, 378, 145-149.

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>>>4. U.S. Congress calls for change of name

The U.S. Congress is calling for a change of the name "chronic
fatigue syndrome". A June 27 report of the U.S. House Committee on
Appropriations has directed the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services to produce such a report. That department includes and
oversees the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The language of this Congressional directive has been promoted for
several years by the CFIDS Association of America, but in previous
years the call for a name change had always been deleted from the
final report. This year the language has remained intact. The
relevant section of the report states: "The Committee recognizes that
there is a consensus in the CFIDS community that the name chronic
fatigue syndrome does not adequately describe the complex nature of
the illness. The committee asks the Secretary to convene a committee
for the purpose of examining this issue and to report back within six
months of the bill's enactment with recommendations for a new
scientific name or eponym that more appropriately describes the
illness known as chronic fatigue syndrome." The appropriations bill
is scheduled to be enacted by September 30, although in recent years
this has been delayed.

The CFIDS Association of America has issued a press release which
gives more details about this news, and which urges patients to
contact Congress about CFS issues. To obtain a copy of that press
release, send an e-mail message that says

GET CFIDS96C TXT

to address LIST...@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU .

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