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Query: UMLS:C0015674 (
chronic fatigue syndrome
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Recently, the author has identified 19 patients who have complained of marked fatigue that had abnormal responses to copper test bracelets or necklaces. At this time, 8 have been shown to have at least one enzyme deficiency in the heme pathway. These patients have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,
chronic fatigue syndrome
and other non-specific diagnoses. A lengthy but still limited review of the literature was performed regarding the following conditions: multiple sclerosis (MS),
hepatic porphyria
(HP),
chronic fatigue syndrome
(
CFS
) and paralytic polio (PP). The text will focus on similar epidemiologies, laboratory findings and clinical courses. Copper as a common but not unique etiologic agent will be discussed; as will the heme pathway, a biologic process that may be disordered in all.
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PMID:Fatigue syndromes: new thoughts and reinterpretation of previous data. 146 Nov 85
