Friday, December 21, 2007

References for History/ICD Code

References:

[1] Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis of 1991: Jenkins and Mowbray - Editors, John Wiley & Sons

[2] Wilson JC, Walker PJ Acute anterior poliomyelitis: Orthopedic aspects of California epidemic of 1934. Arch Int Med 1936; 54: 477-91.

[3] Epidemiological study of an epidemic diagnosed as poliomyelitis occurring among the personnel of the Los Angeles County General Hospital during the summer of 1934. Public Health Bulletin No. 240, April 1938.

[4] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States: The Sage of Royal Free disease. 2nd edition A. Melvin Ramsay Gower Medical Publishing, London 1988. (Can be read at www.MEsite.dk/Symptoms)

[4] An Unusual epidemic Wallis AL. Lancet 2, 290, 1955

[5] The Clinical Syndrome Variously Called Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Iceland Disease and Epidemic Neuromyasthenia. Acheson ED. Am J Med 1959:569-595 (Can be read at the website of /ME Research UK)

[6] MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS: A Baffling Syndrome With a Tragic Aftermath By A. Melvin Ramsay M.D., Hon Consultant Physician, Infectious Diseases Dept, Royal Free Hospital. [Published 1986]

[7] An investigation into an unusual disease seen in epidemic and sporadic form in a general practice in Cumberland in 1955 and subsequent years Dr. A.L. Wallis" M.D. Thesis, Edinburgh University, 1955 This Edinburgh Definition, with modifications by Dr. Melvin Ramsay can be read at Nightingale Research Foundation's website)

[8] Research showing abnormalities in patients with ME (to mention a few): Grey matter volume reduction in the chronic fatigue syndrome. de Lange FP, Kalkman JS, Bleijenberg G, Hagoort P, van der Meer JVW, Tonia I FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud Univeristy Nijmegen, Netherlands NeuroImage 2005; 26: 777-781 Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of basal ganglia in chronic fatigue syndrome

Chaudhuri A, Condon BR, Gow JW, Brennen D, hadley DM Neuroreport 2003 Feb 10; 4(2):225-8 Fatigue and basal ganglia

Chaudhuri A, Behan PO Journal of the Neurological Sciences Volume 179, Issues 1-2, October 2000 Relationship of brain MRI abnormalities and physical functional status in chronic fatigue syndrome

Cook DB, Natelson BH Int J Neurosci 2000:107:(1-2):1-6 Enhanced sensivity of the peripheral cholinergic vascular response in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 

Spence VA, Khan F, Belch JJF Am J Med 2000:108:736-739 Detection of intracranial abnormlities in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: comparison of MR imaging and SPECT

Schwartz RM, Komaroff Al et al Am J Roentgenology 1994:162:935-941 Enchepalomyelitis resembling benign myalgic encephalomyelitis Innes SGB Lancet 1970:969:971 Multiple co.infections (Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, human herpes virus-6) in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: Association with signs and symptoms

Nicolson GL, Gan R, Haier J Journal: APMIS. 2003 May;111(%):557-66 STAT1-alpha and p53 Deficiences are Found in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Investigative Report by Alan Cocchetto, Medical Director National CFIDS Foundation, Inc. Augusy 2003 Increased neutrophil adoptosis in chronic fatigue syndrome

Kennedy G, Spence VA, Underwood C, Belch JJF J Clin Pathol 2004; 200457:891-3 Left ventricular function in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): data from nuclear ventriculography studies of responses to exercise and postural stress

Peckerman A, Chemitiganti R, Zhao C, Dahl K, Natelson BH, Zuckier L, Ghesani N, Wang S, Quigley K, Ahmed SS Journal: FASEB 17(5 SUPPL:Part 2) A853-A853 2003 [Experimental Biology 2003: Meeting Abstracts] New developments in the biology of ME/CFS

Spence VA, University of Dundee, RSE/Wellcome Trust Research Workshop: ME/CFS: A research and clinical conundrum, October 3rd, 2003 Oxidative stress levels are raised in chronic fatigue syndrome and are associated with clinical symptoms With a comment from ME Research UK.

Kennedy G, Spence VA, McLaren M, Hill A, Underwood C, Belch JJF Vascular Diseases Research Unit, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK (2005) CFS, immune deregulations, abnormal exercise response

Nijs J, De Meirleir K, Meeus M, McGregor NR, Englebienne P Science, Med Hypotheses, 2004;62(5):759-65 The late effects of ME. Can they be distinquished from the post-polio syndrome?

Dowsett EG Lincolnshire Post-Polio Library, Publication February 2001. Artikel (link)


More research studies are available at www.MEsite.dk/Literature

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