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Taylor & Francis Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2000 Edition by Roberto Patarca Montero
Are you in touch with the latest CFS information?The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome summarizes current knowledge about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to help doctors and those working with CFS patients become familiar with recent developments and lessons learned about this and related fatiguing disorders. The information has been thoughtfully organized so that you will be able to easily access and become familiar with highlights of the most relevant topics.The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will bring you up-to-date on advances in cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology which have served as the basis for the formulation of new lines of research and novel therapeutic interventions for CFS. You'll find valuable information on the A-to-Z of CFS in the Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, including the relationships between: AIDS and fatigue brain injury and fatigue cancer and fatigue as well as: demographics of CFS interstitial cystitis MAO inhibitors neuropsychology of CFS psychosocial measures stress factors tumor necrosis factors ...and much moreComprehensive and thorough, the Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome highlights areas that need more research and gives you greater awareness of this widespread and growing problem. This compendium will educate and create greater CFS awareness among healthcare professionals and the general public. Table of contents :- Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and fatigue Age Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) Akureyri disease Allergies Amantadine Ankylosing spondylitis Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)/Arginine vasopressin Anxiety disorders Apoptosis Atopy Attention Attributions Autoantibodies Autoimmunity Autonomic function Beta-2 microglobulin Blood volume Borna disease virus (BDV) Brain injury and fatigue Brain positron emission tomography (PET) Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) Cancer and fatigue Cardiovascular deconditioning Celiac disease Chlorinated hydrocarbons Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), definition Ciguatera Circadian rhythms Circulating immune complexes Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive function Concentration Connective tissue and rheumatologic disorders Coping Core body temperature Coronary artery disease Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) Cortisol Creatine Cyanocobalamin Cysteine Cytokines Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Daytime sleepiness Demographics Dental amalgam fillings Depression Dermatomyositis Dexamethasone Dieting disorders Disability Energy expenditure Enteroviruses Environmental chemicals Eosinophils Epidemiology Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Exercise Familial chronic fatigue syndrome Fatigue Fibromyalgia Folic acid Fluoxetine Food intolerance Gait Gastric emptying Gastrointestinal pathology Gender Glandular fever Glucocorticoids Glutamine/L-Glutamine Glutathione Glycogen Glyconutrients Growth hormone (GH) Gulf War syndrome Gynecology Heart rate variability Herpesviruses HLA-DR Hirsutism Homocysteine Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) Human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) Hydrocortisone Hyperventilation Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis Hypothyroidism Iceland disease Illness beliefs Immune cell phenotypic distributions Immunoglobulins Inflammatory bowel disease Information processing Inner ear disorders Inomapil Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) Interferons (IFNs) Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and soluble IL-1 receptors Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble IL-2 receptor Interleukin-4 (IL-4) Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor Interleukin-10 (IL-10) Interstitial cystitis Ion channels Irritable bowel syndrome Juvenile onset chronic fatigue syndrome Lactate Lead poisoning Learning Lentiviruses Light therapy Low cysteine-glutathione syndrome Lung function Lymphocytes Magnesium Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Marital relationship Melatonin Memory Menstrual Cycle Midodrine Mitochondria Moclobemide Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors Monocytes Motor function Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) syndrome Multiple sclerosis (MS) Muscle fibers Muscle physiology Myalgic encephalomyelitis Mycoplasma Myofascial pain Natural killer (NK) cells Neopterin Neurally mediated hypotension Neurasthenia Neuroendocrinology Neurofeedback treatment Neuroimaging Neurophysiology Neuropsychology Neutrophils Nighttime hypotension Nitric oxide Nutrition Occupational medicine Orthostatic hypotension Ovarian cysts Overtraining Pain Parvovirus B19 Pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome Personality traits Phosphate Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy Physical activity Platelet volume Polio vaccination Polycystic ovarian syndrome Polysomnography Post-dialysis fatigue Post-Lyme disease syndrome (PLS) Post-polio syndrome Post-Q fever fatigue syndrome Postural tachycardia syndrome Premenstrual syndrome Prevalence Progesterone Prognosis Prolactin Protein kinase RNA (PKR) Prozac Psychiatric morbidity Psychoneuroimmunology Psychopathology Psychosocial measures Psychosomatic disorders Q fever Quality of life (QOL) Red blood cell distribution width Red blood cell mass Regulation of respiration Rehabilitation REM sleep Reticular activating system Rh blood group Rheumatoid arthritis Rhinitis RNase L Ross River virus Seasonal affective disorder Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Selegeline Self-efficacy Serotonin Sick building syndrome (SBS) Silicone breast implants Sjoegren's syndrome Sleep Socioeconomic status Sociosomatics Soluble CD8 (sCD8) Soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) Somatization Somatoform disorder Somatomedin C Spasmophilia SPECT SCAN Spleen Stealth viruses Stress Sub-anaerobic threshold exercise test Sympathetic hypersensitivity Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Tapanui flu Temporomandibular disorders Testosterone Thyroxine Transfer factors (TFs) Tryptophan Tumor growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) and soluble TNF receptors Tyrosine Urinary metabolites Vitamins Yersinia Notes Index Reference Notes Included