Ciba Foundation Symposium 173 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Copyright © Ciba Foundation 1993

Ciba Foundation Symposium 173 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Editor(s): Gregory R. Bock, Julie Whelan

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471936183

Online ISBN: 9780470514382

DOI: 10.1002/9780470514382

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Documents the latest results and opinions on the causes and possible cures for this disorder. Coverage includes retroviral involvement, immunity, pathophysiology and pharmacological treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–x)

    2. Introduction (pages 1–5)

      Arthur Kleinman and Stephen E. Straus

    3. Chronic Fatigue in Historical Perspective (pages 6–22)

      Edward Shorter

    4. Chronic Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Epidemiology and Aetiological Classification (pages 23–42)

      Peter Manu, Thomas J. Lane and Dale A. Matthews

    5. Clinical Presentation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 43–61)

      Anthony L. Komaroff

    6. Society, Mind and Body in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Anthropological View (pages 62–83)

      Norma C. Ware

    7. Epidemiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Centers for Disease Control Study (pages 83–101)

      Walter J. Gunn, David B. Connell and Bonnie Randall

    8. Muscle Histopathology and Physiology in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 102–131)

      R. H. T. Edwards, H. Gibson, J. E. Clague and T. Helliwell

    9. Studies of Herpesvirus Infection in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 132–145)

      Stephen E. Straus

    10. Enteroviruses and Postviral Fatigue Syndrome (pages 146–159)

      Peter O. Behan, Wilhelmina M. H. Behan, John W. Gow, Heather Cavanagh and Stewart Gillespie

    11. Investigation of Retroviral Involvement in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 160–175)

      Thomas M. Folks, Walid Heneine, Ali Khan, Toni Woods, Louisa Chapman And and Lawrence Schonberger

    12. Immunity and the Pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 176–192)

      Andrew R. Lloyd, J. Denis Wakefield and Ian Hickie

    13. The Relationship of Chronic Fatigue to Psychiatric Illness in Community, Primary Care and Tertiary Care Samples (pages 193–211)

      Wayne J. Katon and Edward A. Walker

    14. The Neuropsychiatry of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 212–237)

      Simon Wessely

    15. Somatization, Illness Attribution and the Sociocultural Psychiatry of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 238–261)

      Susan E. Abbey

    16. Fibromyalgia, Sleep Disorder and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 262–279)

      Harvey Moldofsky

    17. Pharmacological Approaches to the Therapy of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pages 280–297)

      David R. McCluskey

    18. Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment (pages 298–317)

      Michael Sharpe

    19. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Treatment Process (pages 318–341)

      David Mechanic

    20. In Conclusion (pages 342–345)

      Arthur Kleinman

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      Index of Contributors (pages 346–347)

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      Subject Index (pages 348–357)

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