Evidence of White Matter Neuroinflammation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Diffusion-Based Neuroinflammation Imaging Study — Qiang Yu et al

"This study revealed significantly reduced NII-HR and NII-RF in ME/CFS patients compared to HCs." "NII-HR reflects hindered extracellular diffusion that may be affected by edema."

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.70505

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"What is ME?" by Dr. Anne Macintyre (January 2001)

I came across this when doing a clear out. Descriptions are pretty timeless and unfortunately research progress has been slow.

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Incidence age is bimodal for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, with higher severity burden for early onset disease — Mcgrath et al

"A key strength of our study is that it is the first to examine age at onset (rather than diagnosis) in a large dataset covering multiple countries with diverse healthcare systems."

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfimm/iqag007

"There have been major studies into viral persistence, antibodies, and cytokines, but with mostly null results.

The most consistent findings in the ME/CFS literature on the immune system over the past 40 years are reduced natural killer cell cytotoxicity and increased levels of the signaling molecule TGF-beta."

"…we do not have a professional background in medicine or immunology. We are therefore interested in hearing comments and feedback from professionals in the field"

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More from a series of comic strips about life as a person with ME/CFS.

"George and His ME/CFS"

🎨Rick Menard

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