Uta Behrends
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Prof. Dr. Uta Behrends is a professor for pediatric infectiology and immunobiology.[1] At the Children's Polyclinic of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Prof. Dr. med. Uta Behrends heads the MRI Chronic Fatigue Center (MCFC) for children and young people up to the age of 21. The focus of care and research is on post-infectious fatigue and ME/CFS after mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and after COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Long COVID).[2]
Prof. Dr. Behrends is also a chairperson of the first parents' initiative in Germany: Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.[3]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2017, Serological profiling of the EBV immune response in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using a peptide microarray (Full Text)
- 2021, European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EUROMENE): Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis, Service Provision, and Care of People with ME/CFS in Europe[4] - (Full text)
Articles[edit | edit source]
- 2019, "Das Chronische Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) bei Kindern und Jugendlichen"
- 2019, "Chronisches Fatigue Syndrom/CFS – Praktische Empfehlungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie"
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- June 2019, "Munich Register for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Postinfectious CFS" at the ME/CFS-Forum in Hamburg[5]
Videos[edit | edit source]
- May 2019, 3sat: "Kampf gegen die chronische Erschöpfung"
Online presence[edit | edit source]
- Prof. Behrends at Technical University Munich
- MRI Chronisches Fatigue Centrum (MCFC)
- Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Professorenprofile: Behrends_Uta". professoren.tum.de. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Chronische Fatigue, ME/CFS, Long Covid". München Klinik (in Deutsch). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Über uns". Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München (in Deutsch). Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ↑ Nacul, Luis; Authier, François Jérôme; Scheibenbogen, Carmen; Lorusso, Lorenzo; Helland, Ingrid Bergliot; Martin, Jose Alegre; Sirbu, Carmen Adella; Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Polo, Olli; Behrends, Uta; Nielsen, Henrik; Grabowski, Patricia; Sekulic, Slobodan; Sepulveda, Nuno; Estévez-López, Fernando; Zalewski, Pawel; Pheby, Derek F.H.; Castro-Marrero, Jesus; Sakkas, Giorgos K.; Capelli, Enrica; Brundsdlund, Ivan; Cullinan, John; Krumina, Angelika; Bergquist, Jonas; Murovska, Modra; Vermuelen, Ruud C.W.; Lacerda, Eliana M. (May 2021). (EUROMENE). "European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EUROMENE): Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis, Service Provision, and Care of People with ME/CFS in Europe". Medicina. 57 (5): 510. doi:10.3390/medicina57050510. PMC 8161074. PMID 34069603.
- ↑ "ME/CFS-Forum 2019 in Hamburg". Deutsche Gesellschaft für ME/CFS. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
