Uta Behrends

Prof. Dr. Uta Behrends is a professor for pediatric infectiology and immunobiology. 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).

Prof. Dr. Behrends is also a chairperson of the first parents' initiative in Germany: Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.

Notable studies

• 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 - (Full text)

Articles

• 2019, "Das Chronische Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) bei Kindern und Jugendlichen"
• 2019, "Chronisches Fatigue Syndrom/CFS – Praktische Empfehlungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie" 

Talks and interviews

• June 2019, "Munich Register for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Postinfectious CFS" at the ME/CFS-Forum in Hamburg

Videos

• May 2019, 3sat: "Kampf gegen die chronische Erschöpfung"

Online presence

• Prof. Behrends at Technical University Munich
• MRI Chronisches Fatigue Centrum (MCFC)
• Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.

See also

• Charité Berlin
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für ME/CFS
• MillionsMissing Deutschland

chronic fatigue (CF) - Persistent and abnormal fatigue is a symptom, not an illness. It may be caused by depression, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or many other illnesses. The term "chronic fatigue" should never be confused with the disease chronic fatigue syndrome.

See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

See chronic fatigue syndrome.

myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - A disease often marked by neurological symptoms, but fatigue is sometimes a symptom as well. Some diagnostic criteria distinguish it from chronic fatigue syndrome, while other diagnostic criteria consider it to be a synonym for chronic fatigue syndrome. A defining characteristic of ME is post-exertional malaise (PEM), or post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE), which is a notable exacerbation of symptoms brought on by small exertions. PEM can last for days or weeks. Symptoms can include cognitive impairments, muscle pain (myalgia), trouble remaining upright (orthostatic intolerance), sleep abnormalities, and gastro-intestinal impairments, among others. An estimated 25% of those suffering from ME are housebound or bedbound. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies ME as a neurological disease.