Amolak Bansal

Doctor Amolak Singh Bansal is a consultant immunologist at the Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. He has researched the involvement of B cells (also known as B lymphocytes) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). His professional interests are allergy, autoimmunity, CFS/ME and immunodeficiency.

Bansal Score Chart for ME/CFS

Dr. Bansal developed a diagnostic scoring system, the Bansal Score Chart for ME/CFS, in order to improve the diagnostic certainty for primary and secondary care physicians.

Current ongoing work

• Evaluation of Glucocorticoid receptor resistance in CFS as determined from leucocyte GCRalpha and beta mRNA.

Notable studies

• 2017, Review - Chronic fatigue syndrome and the immune system: Where are we now? (Abstract)
• 2016, Investigating unexplained fatigue in general practice with a particular focus on CFS/ME. (Full Text)
• 2016, Extended B cell phenotype in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cross-sectional study (Full Text)
• 2014, Psychosocial factors involved in memory and cognitive failures in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome by (Attree EA, Arroll MA, Dancey CP, Griffith C, Amolak Bansal) (Full Text)
• 2013, Altered functional B cell subset populations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to healthy controls. (Full Text)
• 2013, Research Article - The Immune System in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
• 2012, Chronic fatigue syndrome, the immune system and viral infection (Abstract)
• 2011, The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database (Collin SM, Crawley E, May MT, Sterne JA, Hollingworth W, O'Dowd H, Butt K, Dunn D, Pemberton S, White P, Murphy M, Mullick Y, Amolak Bansal)

Talks and interviews

• 2015, Jorgen Jelstad TV interview at ME conference (18 Nov 2015)
• 2015, Speaker at the 10th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available

Talk title - "Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis: Combining clinic and research"

• 2014, Speaker at the 9th Invest in ME BRMEC conference - [Conference Report]

Talk title - "Diagnosis/Treatments and ME in UK"

• 2014, 2014 - Dr. Amolak S. Bansal - Seminarium om barn och unga med ME/CFS
• 2012, Croydon GP Education Programme slide presentation

Title - "Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME)"

Online presence

• PubMed

Learn more

• Epsom & St Helier Hospitals - Amolak Bansal

See also

• Rituximab
• Jonathan Edwards
• Geraldine Cambridge
• Olav Mella
• Øystein Fluge
• B cell

immunologist A clinical immunologist is medical doctor specializing immune system problems that lead to infections, immunodeficiency disorders, autoimmune diseases, and autoinflammatory diseases including anaphylaxis ans allergies

B cell B lymphocyte, or a type of white blood cell, which is involved in the immune response by secreting antibodies to ward off infections. In mammals, they are mostly matured in the bone marrow.

β β / Β. Greek letter beta (a symbol used in science), equivalent to "b".

cognition Thought processes, including attention, reasoning, and memory.

B cell B lymphocyte, or a type of white blood cell, which is involved in the immune response by secreting antibodies to ward off infections. In mammals, they are mostly matured in the bone marrow.

myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - A disease often marked by neurological symptoms, but fatigue is sometimes a symptom as well. Some diagnostic criteria distinguish it from chronic fatigue syndrome, while other diagnostic criteria consider it to be a synonym for chronic fatigue syndrome. A defining characteristic of ME is post-exertional malaise (PEM), or post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE), which is a notable exacerbation of symptoms brought on by small exertions. PEM can last for days or weeks. Symptoms can include cognitive impairments, muscle pain (myalgia), trouble remaining upright (orthostatic intolerance), sleep abnormalities, and gastro-intestinal impairments, among others. An estimated 25% of those suffering from ME are housebound or bedbound. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies ME as a neurological disease.