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'''Royal Free Disease''' is a colloquial name for [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]], especially in the UK. It originated after the [[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak]]. ==Learn more== *1978, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2425324/ 'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978] ([[Melvin Ramsay]], [[The BMJ]]) *2021, [https://dx.doi.org/10.3390%2Fmedicina57010012 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955]<ref name="Underhill2021">{{Cite journal | last = Underhill | first = Rosemary | authorlink = Rosemary Underhill | last2 = Baillod | first2 = Rosemarie | author-link2 = Rosemarie Baillod | date = Jan 2021 | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955|url=https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/1/12|journal=Medicina|language=en|volume=57|issue=1|pages=12|doi=10.3390/medicina57010012|pmc=PMC7824095|pmid=33375343|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==See also== *[[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak]] *Dr. [[Melvin Ramsay]] *[[Disease Names]] for [[ME/CFS]] *Book - [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States: The Saga of Royal Free Disease]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Disease names]]
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