Royal Free disease

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Royal Free Disease is a colloquial name for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, especially in the UK. It originated after the 1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak.

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1978, 'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978 (Melvin Ramsay, The BMJ)
2021, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955^[1]

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↑ Underhill, Rosemary; Baillod, Rosemarie (January 2021). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955". Medicina. 57 (1): 12. doi:10.3390/medicina57010012. PMC 7824095. PMID 33375343.

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