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==== Not a sound scientific method ==== Another criticism states that Van Houdenhove uses antidotal evidence rather than research, e.g., using 'the story of the patient' and case examples to put forward his own preconceptions about the illness. As Natelson wrote: <blockquote>"While we as clinicians depend heavily on narration to inform us about the patient and the patient’s illness story, we believe that the evidence-based approach is the only way the medical field can solve the problem of illness cause."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> [[Frank Twisk|Twisk]] & [[Michael Maes|Maes]] wrote about Van Houdenhove and colleagues: <blockquote>"[…] the authors neglect the fact that there is a considerable gap between their philosophical point of view which they erroneously call evidence-based and numerous scientific papers which show that ME/CFS is a medical disorder with a biological pathophysiology."<ref>Maes M, Twisk FN. Treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a multisystem disease, should target the pathophysiological aberrations (inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways), not the psychosocial "barriers" for a new equilibrium. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jul;80(1):148-9; author reply 147. [[doi:]][https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0738399110000510 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.017.] [[PubMed Identifier|PMID]] [[pubmed:20303231|20303231]]</ref> </blockquote>
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