Medicina: Special Issue "ME/CFS: Causes, Clinical Features and Diagnosis" Deadline Dec 2020

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/medici...ic_encephalomyelitis_chronic_fatigue_syndrome

 

1,500 Swiss Franc equals 1,238.49 Pound sterling

quite expensive; is that the 'normal' charge?

 

Derek Pheby was the guy who wanted a large study done to see exactly what people with ME felt their symptoms were, but they gave the money to the PACE trial instead. It was all part of the debacle after the CMOs report. A time that seemed hopeful but turned out not to be.

 

I've seen the ME Association say that they have paid that kind of amount in order for a paper to be open-access (can't remember which one though).

 

They paid for this paper to be open access:

Can patients with chronic fatigue syndrome really recover after graded exercise or cognitive behavioural therapy? A critical commentary and preliminary re-analysis of the PACE trial
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2017.1259724

Also
Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT
https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-018-0218-3