Jos van der Meer

Jos W.M. van der Meer, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor and former Head of the Department of General Internal Medicine, of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands. His professional achievements include serving as Vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences from 2006 - 2011; Chairman of Natural Science Division of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; and being a member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe).

His special interests include: Natural immunity, Cytokines, Autoinflammatory disorders, Hyper-IgD syndrome, Chronic fatigue syndrome, and Antibiotic stewardship.

Notable studies

 * 1998, The Persistence of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis: The Development of a Model - (Abstract)
 * 2000, Doctor-Patient Relationship in Primary Care of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Perspectives of the Doctor and the Patient
 * 2015, A comparison of patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome with a focus on inflammatory markers and possible fatigue perpetuating cognitions and behaviour
 * 2016, Postural orthostatic tachycardia is not a useful diagnostic marker for chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2017, Cytokine signatures in chronic fatigue syndrome patients: a Case Control Study and the effect of anakinra treatment - (Full Text)
 * 2017, Long-term follow-up after cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome - (Full text)
 * 2017, Cytokine Inhibition in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Trial - (Abstract)
 * 2017, Prefrontal Structure Varies as a Function of Pain Symptoms in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -(Abstract)
 * 2018, Hair and salivary cortisol in a cohort of women with chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2018, Fatigue Is Associated With Altered Monitoring and Preparation of Physical Effort in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Cytokine profiles in patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Mediation analysis shows that a decline in self-efficacy mediates the increase in fatigue severity following an initial positive response to cognitive behavioural therapy in Q fever fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)

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