José Alegre

José Alegre, also known as José Alegre-Martin, MD, PhD, works in the Internal Medicine Division, CFS/ME Clinical Unit, Vall d ́Hebron University Hospital, Research Institute Vall d’Hebron Campus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.

Education

 * 1982 - B.S. in Medicine, School of Medicine, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Spain
 * 1990 - PhD, in Medicine, School of Medicine, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Spain

EUROMENE
Dr. Alegre is a Member of the Clinical Research Enablers And Diagnostic Criteria Working Group for EUROMENE, a European Union not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Patents

 * June 2010, Patent No 10380071.0 – 2107: Use of alpha-1-antitrypsin for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. Inventors: Dr. Ana Maria Garcia Quintana and Dr. José Alegre Martin, Propietor Grifols, SA.


 * Dec 2010, Patent No US 2010/0331261: Use of alpha-1-antitrypsin  for  the  preparation  of  drugs  for  the  treatment  of  chronic  fatigue syndrome. Inventors: Ana Garcia Quintana, José Alegre Martin.

Notable studies

 * 2010, Nitric oxide metabolite production during exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study - (Full Text)
 * 2013, Screening NK-, B- and T-Cell phenotype and function in patients suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full Text)
 * 2013, Could mitochondrial dysfunction be a differentiating marker between chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia? - (Abstract)
 * 2014, Impact of the fibromyalgia in the chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2014, Neuropsychological Impairment in Female Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Preliminary Study - (Abstract)
 * 2015, Does Oral Coenzyme Q10 Plus NADH Supplementation Improve Fatigue and Biochemical Parameters in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
 * 2015, Childhood trauma in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: focus on personality disorders and psychopathology - (Abstract)
 * 2015, Gender Differences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full Text)
 * 2015, Diagnostic concordance between categorical and dimensional instrument to assess personality in chronic fatigue syndrome: PDQ-4+ and TCI-R - (Abstract)
 * 2017, Treatment and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: all roads lead to Rome - (Full Text)
 * 2017, Comorbidity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study - (Abstract)
 * 2018, Circadian rhythm abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - (Full Text)
 * 2018, Poor self‐reported sleep quality and health‐related quality of life in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis - (Abstract)
 * 2018, Circulating extracellular vesicles as potential biomarkers in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: an exploratory pilot study - (Full Text)
 * 2018, Dimensional Personality Assessment among a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sample with Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) - (Abstract)
 * 2018, Prevalence and incidence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Europe—the Euro-epiME study from the European network EUROMENE: a protocol for a systematic review - (Full text)
 * 2018, Low omega-3 index and polyunsaturated fatty acid status in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Unemployment and work disability in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a community-based cross-sectional study from Spain - (Full text)
 * 2020, Reduced heart rate variability predicts fatigue severity in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis - (Full text)
 * 2020, Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS - (Full text)
 * 2020, Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology - (Full text)

Talks and interviews

 * 2007, "Bases fisiopatológicas sobre el síndrome de Fatiga Crónica" in Spanish ("Physiopathological basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome")

Online presence

 * PubMed

Learn more

 * Curriculum Vitae - José Alegre