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Distractability
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Increased distractability is a cognitive dysfunction symptom found in some patients with ME/CFS.[1][2]
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
Symptom recognition[edit | edit source]
IACFS/ME Primer for Clinical Practitioners (2014), decreased attention span is listed in the cognitive symptoms.[2]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2011, Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls[1] - (Full text)
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Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Constant, E.L.; Adam, S.; Gillain, B.; Lambert, M.; Masquelier, E.; Seron, X. (May 1, 2011). "Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls". Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 113 (4): 295–302. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.002. ISSN 0303-8467.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; Friedberg, Fred; Bateman, Lucinda; Bested, Alison C; Davenport, Todd; Friedman, Kenneth J; Gurwitt, Alan R; Jason, Leonard A; Lapp, Charles W; Stevens, Staci R; Underhill, Rosemary A; Vallings, Rosamund (2014), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Primer for Clinical Practitioners (PDF)
