Carl-Gerhard Gottfries

Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, MD, PhD, is a Swedish professor, ME/CFS doctor, and founder of the Gottfries Clinic.

Clinic
Gottfries Clinic AB (Gottfriesmottagningen), was previously financed through the health-care system, but now is privately operated. It is a specialty clinic for the 1) evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with FM and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), chronic fatigue and widespread muscular pain, and 2) research for developing and treatment for such patients. Located at Krokslätts Torg 5, Mölndal, Sweden.

2017 Ramsay Award
A team comprised of Dr. Jonas Bergquist and Dr. Jonas Blomberg of Uppsala University and Dr. Carl-Gerhard Gottfries and Dr. Olof Zachrisson of the Gottfries Clinic were awarded a 2017 Ramsay Award grant from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative for research into biomarkers for initiation (infection) and metabolic derangement in ME/CFS.

Talks and interviews

 * Carl-Gerhard Gottfries: A Swedish Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Story
 * Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 1: Background and Vaccine
 * Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 2: Experience and The Clinic
 * Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 3: The Clinic and Urgent Needs
 * Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 4: Continued Research

Notable studies

 * 2018, Infection Elicited Autoimmunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Explanatory Model (Full Text)
 * 2015, Response to Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia] [(Full Text)
 * 2013, Epitopes of Microbial and Human Heat Shock Protein 60 and Their Recognition in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Full Text)
 * 2012, No evidence for xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus infection in Sweden using internally controlled multiepitope suspension array serology (Full Text)
 * 2011, Murine gammaretrovirus group G3 was not found in Swedish patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia [(Full Text)
 * 2006, Long-Term Treatment with a Staphylococcus Toxoid Vaccine in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2000, Nickel Allergy is Found in a Majority of Women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Muscle Pain - and may be Triggered by Cigarette Smoke and Dietary Nickel Intake (Abstract)