differential diagnosis

  1. Andy

    Case Report: Idiopathic combined adrenocorticotropin and growth hormone deficiency mimicking chronic fatigue syndrome, 2021, Tokumasu et al

    Abstract A 42-year-old man who had suffered from severe fatigue for 5 years was diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia. Endocrinological workup using combined anterior pituitary function tests showed that the patient had adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)...
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    • 2021 acth differential diagnosis hydrocortisone me/cfs paper
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  2. Andy

    Pediatric Paroxysmal Exercise-Induced Neurological Symptoms: Clinical Spectrum and Diagnostic Algorithm, 2021, Dante et al

    Paroxysmal exercise-induced neurological symptoms (PENS) encompass a wide spectrum of clinical phenomena commonly presenting during childhood and characteristically elicited by physical exercise. Interestingly, few shared pathogenetic mechanisms have been identified beyond the well-known entity...
  3. Hutan

    Whole genome sequencing uncovers a misclassified case of glycogen storage disease type 13 previously diagnosed as ME/CFS, 2021, Brown, Younger et al

    Donna Brown, Camille Birch, Jarred Younger, Elizabeth Worthey UAB Medicine Link to the abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) also referred to as Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID) or Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, is a disabling and...
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    • 2021 differential diagnosis eno3 glycogen storage diseases me/cfs paper whole genome sequencing younger
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  4. A

    Babesia, babesiosis (tick-borne disease)

    New tick found in north east Scotland From Twitter - new trick in Scotland, never found in sheep.previously babesia venatorum https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/global-scientific-first-as-parasite-found-in-north-east-sheep-186588/ @duncan @chrisb
  5. John Mac

    High Prevalence of Perineural Cysts in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Hulens et al, 2020

    https://academic.oup.com/painmedicine/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pm/pnaa410/6015822
    • John Mac
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    • cerebral spinal fluid differential diagnosis dorsal root ganglia perineural cysts tarlov cysts
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  6. Andy

    Mitochondrial energetic impairment in a patient with late‐onset glutaric acidemia Type 2, 2020, Xiao et al

    Paywall, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajmg.a.61786 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.1002/ajmg.a.61786
  7. andypants

    Crossing Chiari and syringomyelia off the list

    I am pursuing Chiari malformation and syringomyelia as potential differential diagnosis and believe it could be helpful if I chronicle the experience here for others who might be curious. While I have always felt ME was and is the appropriate diagnosis in my case, having been diagnosed after...
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    • chiari malformation differential diagnosis neurologist neurosurgeon syringomyelia
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    • Forum: Neurological diseases
  8. Andy

    Article: Brain studies show chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War illness are distinct conditions

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-brain-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-gulf.html
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    • article baraniuk brain differential diagnosis gulf war illness me/cfs
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research news
  9. InfiniteRubix

    Gulf war syndrome vs "ME/CFS"

    All Having skimmed over contents over the past week, I can't see substantive difference between gulf war syndrome sufferers and being a pwME. I asked this due to its public policy and liability implications. Can anyone explain how gulf war syndrome is distinct from ME/CFS? I accept that there...
  10. Sly Saint

    Pernicious Anaemia or ME - misdiagnosis concerns

    Martyn Hooper Chair of Pernicious Anaemia Society on new NICE guidelines for ME: "Last week I was at a NICE consultation which was looking at the problems with the diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalopathy (or encephalomyelitis). Because there are so many contentious issues concerning the disease...
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