Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Volume 2, Issue 2-3, 1996

Titles and abstracts for the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Volume 2, Issue 2-3, 1996.

Volume 2, Issue 2-3, 1996

 * Poster Session II
 * Symposium B: Related Disorders - Gulf War Syndrome
 * Session X: CFS - Natural History and Epidemiology
 * Natural Course of CFS and Its Predictors by G. Bleijenberg, J.N.H.M. Vercoulen, E. Bazelmans, C.M.A. Swanink, J.F.M. Fennis, J.M.D. Galama, and J.W.M. van der Meer.
 * The Natural History of CFS in the CDC Surveillance System by J.G. Dobbins, M. Reyes, N. Cole, P.L. Stee1, B. Randall, and W.C. Reeves.
 * Demographic Data on Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome University Hospital in Stockholm by B. Evengård, G. Lindh, L. Lindqvist, and R. Olin.


 * Session IX: CFS - Treatment
 * A Review of the Use of Antiviral and Immuno-modulating Drugs in the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by K. De Meirleir;
 * A New Model for Handling CFS Patients at an Out-Patient Department of Infectious Diseases in Sweden by R. Engqvist, C. Hedenstedt, B. Evengård, G. Lindh, L. Lindqvist, and R. Olin;
 * An Overview of Clinical Experience in the U.S.A. with Ampligen® (Poly I:Poly C12U) in the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by D.R. Strayer and  W.A. Carter.


 * Poster Session I
 * Session VIII: CFS - Clinical Observations
 * Symptom Perceptions and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and GI Disorders by H. Hyrnan and T. Wasser.


 * Session VII: CFS - Neuropsychology
 * Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by B. Fischler, R. Cluydts, V. De Gucht, L. Kaufman, and K. De Meirleir;
 * The Cardiff Chronic Fatigue Study - The First 300 Patients by A.P. Smith, L.K. Borysiewicz, J. Pollack, and M. Thomas;
 * Psychic and Psychosomatic Complaints in CFS Patients by U.T. Egle, W. Nix, and R. Schwab;
 * Neurasthenia Revisited: ICD-10 and DSMIIIR Psychiatric Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients and Controls by A. E. Farmer, I. Jones, J. Hillier, M. Llewellyn, L. Borysiewicz, and A. Smith;
 * Analysis of Aspects of Personality and Life Style in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by E. R. Neerinckx, B. Van Houdenhove, H. Bobbaers, andD. Blockmans.


 * Session VI: CFS - Functional Neuro-Imaging
 * Radionuclide Brain Imaging in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) byD.C. Costa.


 * Session V: CFS - Immunology
 * Immunopathogenesis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by N.G. Klimas
 * Immunologic Abnormalities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by U. Tirelli, M. Tavio, and A. Pinto;
 * Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Evaluation of a 30-Criteria-Score and Correlation with Immune Activation by A. Hilgers and J. Frank;
 * Lymphocyte Subsets, Apoptosis and Cytokines in Patients with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by C.M.A. Swanink, J.H.M.M. Vercnulen, J. M.D. Galama, M. T. L. Roos, L. Meyaard, J. van der Ven-Jongekrijg, R. de Nijs, G. Bleijenberg, J.F.M. Fernis, F. Miedema, and J.W.M. van der Meer


 * Session IV: CFS - Microbiologic Pathogenesis
 * Microbial Pathogens as a Cause of CFS by J.M.D. Galama, C.M.A. Swanink, J.H.M.M. Vercoulen, J.F.M. Fennis, G. Bleijenberg, and J.W.M. van der Meer;
 * Borna Disease Virus in the Atlanta CFS Case-Control Study by J.G. Dobbins, W.I. Lipkin, C. Even, A.C. Mawle;
 * Demonstration of Borna Disease Virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Japanese Patients with CFS by K. Ikuta, T. Nakaya, H. Takahashi, Y. Nakamura, S. Asahi, M. Tobiume, H. Kuratsune, K. Yamaguti, R. Inagi, K. Yamanishi, T. Kitani;
 * Failure to Demonstrate Enterovirus in Swedish Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by G. Lindh, A. Samuelson, K.O. Hedlund, B. Evengård, L. Lindqvist, and A. Ehrnst;
 * Enterovirus Replication and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by J. W. Gow, W. M. H. Behan, P. Cash, K. Simpson,D. Kay, M. M. McGill, and P.O. Behan


 * Symposium A: Related Disorders - Post-Polio Syndrome - Exercise capacity in post-polio patients
 * Session III: CFS - Muscle
 * Muscle Studies in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by W.M.H. Behan;
 * Identification of Enteroviral RNA Detected in Muscle Biopsies from Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome of Myositis, Using Reverse Transcription-Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction and Nucleotide Sequencing by B. Sotefiou, H. Zhang,D.R. Woodrow, R.J.M. Lane, and L.C. Archard;
 * Alterations in Muscles of CFS Patients at Morphological, Biochemical and Molecular Level by E. Pizzigallo, A. Di Girolamo, G. Montanari, L. Dragani, J. Vecchiet, and G. Calella


 * Session II: CFS - Neuro-Endocrinology
 * Neuroendocrinology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by T.G. Dinan
 * Neuroendocrinological Studies in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by B. Evengård, P. Eneroth, C-G. Nilsson, L Lindqvist, G. Lindh, and R. Olin;
 * Preliminary Evidence for a Molecular Basis to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by N.R.McGregor, R.H. Dunstan, M. Zerbes,  H.L. Butt, T. K. Roberts, and I. J. Klineberg;
 * Defective Dexamethasone Induced Growth Hormone Release in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Evidence for Cerebral Glucocorticoid Receptor Resistance by T. Majeed, T. G. Dinan, and P.O. Behan


 * Session I: CFS Assessment
 * Guidelines for Evaluating and Defining CFS by Keiji Fukuda;
 * ''Multi-dimensional Assessment in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by J. Vercoulen, E. Bazelmans, C. Swanink, J. Fennis, J. Galama, J. Van Der Meer, and G. Bleijenberg


 * The Elusive Gulf War Syndrome
 * Trial of a Selective Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor, Galanthamine Hydrobromide, in the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * Chronic Ciguatera:One Organic Cause of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * Polioencephalitis and the Brain Fatigue Generator Model of Post-Viral Fatigue Syndromes
 * Introduction by Peter O. Behan & Kenny De Meirleir