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== Inquest == '''Summary by:''' [[Invest in ME]] * Jun 13, 2006, [http://www.investinme.org/Article-050%20Sophia%20Wilson%2001-RIP.htm The Inquest in the Death of Sophia Mirza]<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/Article-050%20Sophia%20Wilson%2001-RIP.htm | title = The Inquest into the Death of Sophia Mirza | last = | first = | date = |website=[[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> Dr. O’Donovan, one of the neuro-pathologists who had examined Sophia's spinal cord testified at the inquest he would not support the term ME as CFS is the modern term and he hadn't seen evidence of [[muscle]] [[inflammation]] (which they didn't look for.)<ref name=":4" /> Sophia's November 25, 2005 death certificate verdict: "SHE DIED AS A RESULT OF [https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=30776 ACUTE RENAL FAILURE] ARISING FROM THE EFFECTS OF [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME]]"; previous [[meningitis]]; high body mass index, dorsal root [[ganglionitis]]; and [https://www.healthline.com/health/fatty-liver hepatic steatosis] were also listed.<ref name=deathcertificate>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sophiaandme.org.uk/legal/l1.jpg | title = Certified Copy of an Entry - Death Certificate | last = Mirza | first = Sophia | date = |website=SophiaAndME.org.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> Doctors [[Abhijit Chaudhuri]], a neurologist and Dominic O’Donovan, a neuropathologist, examined spinal tissue from Sophia Mirza prior to the inquest into her death and found changes to her [[spinal cord]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news | url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9342-first-official-uk-death-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ | title = First official UK death from chronic fatigue syndrome | last = Hooper | first = Rowan | date = Jun 16, 2006|work=New Scientist|access-date=2018-08-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-US}}</ref>
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