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===Disease of a thousand names === Myalgic Encephalomyelitis has been referred to as the ''"disease of a thousand names"''.<ref name="Bell1991">{{Cite book | last = Bell | first = David S. | authorlink = David Bell | title = Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. CFIDS: The disease of a thousand names|location = Lyndonville, NY|publisher=Pollard Publications | date = 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Chronic_Fatigue_immune_Dysfunction_Syndr.html?id=QYvkugAACAAJ|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/cfidsdiseaseofth00bell|archive-date=2010-02-16}}</ref> Other names used or proposed in the history of the myalgic encephalomyelitis include [[atypical polio]], [[Icelandic disease]], benign ME, [[epidemic neuromyasthenia]], [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], [[Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome]] (CFIDS), and [[systemic exertion intolerance disease]] (SEID).<ref name="Bell1991" /><ref name="IOM-full" /> This has lead to much confusion as a variety of names have been used at different times to describe discrete outbreaks as well as a larger and potentially more heterogenous population of sporadic cases, defined by a wide variety of [[Definitions of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome|diagnostic criteria]]. Some names have emphasized particular symptoms or pathology, including chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis.<ref name="Terminology" /> A survey by [[The MEAction Network]] in 2016 found that the majority of patients prefer the name ME to other names including chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.meaction.net/2016/08/07/meaction-rfi-poll-report-1-of-3/ | title = #MEAction RFI Poll Report (Part 1 of 3) - #MEAction | date = 2016-08-07|work=#MEAction|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref> Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) was the original name for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS); the names are used interchangeably or with the acronym [[ME/CFS]].<ref name="Smith1989" />
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