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History of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome
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==Neurological classification == Myalgic encephalomyelitis was first classified as a [[nervous system|neurological]] disease when the [[World Health Organization]] published the of [[World_Health_Organization#icd8|ICD-8]] classification manual in 1969.<ref name="ICD-8">{{Cite book | url =https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/70934/ICD_10_1969_eng_v2a.pdf | title=International Classification of Diseases|edition=Eighth Revision | last = World Health Organization | first = | authorlink = World Health Organization| publisher = WHO | date = 1969|volume=2|location=Geneva | page = 173|chapter=|quote=Encephalomyelitis (chronic),<br>(myalgic, benign) 323}}</ref> Myalgic encephalomyelitis was given ICD-8 code 323, and grouped with the other forms of encephalomyelitis under the '''Diseases of the Nervous System section'''.<ref name="ICD-8" /> In the later Ninth revision (1977), the ICD-9, the entry for myalglc encephalomyelitis is uses code 323.9 and remains a disease of the [[nervous system]], along with the other forms of encephalomyelitis.<ref name="ICD-9">{{Cite book | url =https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/40492/9241540052_eng_v2_p1.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y| title = Manual of the international statistical classification of diseases, injuries, and causes of death : based on the recommendations of the ninth revision conference, 1975, and adopted by the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly, 1975 revision: alphabetic index | first = | last = World Health Organization & International Conference for the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases| publisher = World Health Organization | date = 1978|isbn=9241540044|editor-link=|edition=Ninth|volume=2|location=Geneva | page = 182|chapter=|quote=}}</ref> There is no mention of a chronic fatigue syndrome (the term was had not been proposed at the time) and there was no mention of an illness named "[[chronic fatigue]]".
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