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		The Need for Research-based Subsets
References    American    M.E. Review    Advocacy    Book and    Film Reviews    Canadian    Clinical    Case Definition Cardiac    Insufficiency    Hypothesis Symptoms Research-based     Subsets     Contact   Information Links Home Page    Reprint Policy		Progress in understanding myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome will likely result from studying research-based subsets. The following articles either categorize patients according to research-based subsets or argue for the substratification of patients on the basis of subsets. The substratification may include degree-of-illness subsets or subsets based on research findings such as cardiopathology, blood volume and other circulatory disturbances, and various pathogenic causes. Arnold Peckerman, PhD; John J. LaManca, PhD; Bushra Qureishi, MD; Kristina A. Dahl, MD; Roseli Golfetti, PhD; Yoshiharu Yamamoto, PhD; and Benjamin H. Natelson, MD. "Baroreceptor Reflex and Integrative Stress Responses in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" Psychosomatic Medicine 65:889-895 (2003) Lane RJ, Soteriou BA, Zhang H, Archard LC. "Enterovirus related metabolic myopathy: a postviral fatigue syndrome"J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2003 Oct;74(10):1382-6. [PDF Format] Vanness JM, Snell CR, Strayer DR, Dempsey L 4th, Stevens SR. "Subclassifying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through Exercise Testing." Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Jun;35(6):908-913. [PDF Format] Peckerman A, LaManca JJ, Dahl KA, Chemitiganti R, Qureishi B, Natelson BH. "Abnormal impedance cardiography predicts symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome." · Tiersky LA, Matheis RJ, Deluca J, Lange G, Natelson BH. "Functional status, neuropsychological functioning, and mood in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): Relationship to psychiatric disorder." J Nerv Ment Dis. 2003 May;191(5):324-331. [PDF Format] · Siessmeier T, Nix WA, Hardt J, Schreckenberger M, Egle UT, Bartenstein P. "Observer independent analysis of cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Jul;74(7):922-8. [PDF Format] · Lerner AM, Beqaj SH, Deeter RG, Fitzgerald JT., "IgM serum antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus are uniquely present in a subset of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome," In Vivo. 2004 Mar-Apr;18(2)101-6. [PDF Format]