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== Clinical findings == {{Main article|1=List of abnormal findings in chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis|label1=List of abnormal findings}} [[File:Alem Matthee.png|200px|thumb|right|[[Alem Matthees]] is an [[Australia|Australian]] ME patient that filed an FOI request for data from the [[PACE trial]]. At a [[Severe and very severe ME|great cost to his health]], Alem appealed the denial of the data and won. This data proved the results published in [[The Lancet|''The Lancet'']] were untrue. Alem's health suffered significantly in part from the efforts required for the FOI request and tribunal]] Although there is no definitive [[biomarker]], several signs and findings have been frequently observed in clinical settings:<div style="column-count:2;"> *high [[:Category:Antibodies|antibody]] titers to specific infections (including [[Epstein-Barr virus|EBV]],<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Schmaling | first = K.B. | last2 = Jones | first2 = J.F. | date = Jan 1996 | title = MMPI profiles of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8730646|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=40|issue=1 | pages = 67–74|issn=0022-3999|pmid=8730646}}</ref> [[Human herpesvirus 6|HHV-6]],<ref name="Cuende1997">{{cite journal| vauthors=Cuende JI, Civeira P, Diez N, Prieto J| title=[High prevalence without reactivation of herpes virus 6 in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome]. | journal=An Med Interna | year= 1997 | volume= 14 | issue= 9 | pages = 441-4 | pmid=9453750 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9453750}}</ref><ref name="Komaroff2006">{{cite journal | last=Komaroff | first = AL | authorlink = Anthony Komaroff | title=Is human herpesvirus-6 a trigger for chronic fatigue syndrome? | journal=J Clin Virol | year= 2006 | volume= 37 | issue= Suppl 1 | pages = S39-46 | pmid=17276367 | doi=10.1016/S1386-6532(06)70010-5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17276367}}</ref> and [[Coxsackie B virus|Coxsackie B]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Landay | first = AL | date = September 1991 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome: clinical condition associated with immune activation | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1679864|journal=Lancet|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref><ref name="Chia2005">{{Cite journal | last = Chia | first = John | date = November 2005 | title = The role of enterovirus in chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770761/|journal=Journal of Clinical Pathology|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref> among others) *[[Hormone]] imbalance<ref name="Ruiz-Núñez, 2018">{{Citation | last1 = Ruiz-Núñez | first1 = Begoña | authorlink1 = | last2 = Tarasse | first2 = Rabab | authorlink2 = | last3 = Vogelaar | first3 = Emar F. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Janneke Dijck-Brouwer | first4 = D.A. | authorlink4 = | last5 = Muskiet | first5 = Frits A. J. | authorlink5 = | title = Higher Prevalence of “Low T3 Syndrome” in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Case–Control Study | journal = Frontiers in Endocrinology | volume = 9 | issue = | page = 97 | date = 2018 | pmid = 29615976 | doi = 10.3389/fendo.2018.00097 }}</ref> *[[Immune system|immunological abnormalities]]<ref name="ICC" /><ref name="Brenu2014">{{Cite journal | last = Brenu | first = Ekua Weba | last2 = Huth | first2 = Teilah K. | last3 = Hardcastle | first3 = Sharni L. | last4 = Fuller | first4 = Kirsty | last5 = Kaur | first5 = Manprit | last6 = Johnston | first6 = Samantha | last7 = Ramos | first7 = Sandra B. | last8 = Staines | first8 = Don R. | last9 = Marshall-Gradisnik | first9 = Sonya M. | date = Apr 2014 | title = Role of adaptive and innate immune cells in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24343819|journal=International Immunology|volume=26|issue=4|pages=233–242|doi=10.1093/intimm/dxt068|issn=1460-2377|pmid=24343819}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/presentation-clinical-course/etiology-pathophysiology.html | title = Etiology and Pathophysiology {{!}} Presentation and Clinical Course {{!}} Healthcare Providers {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2018-07-10 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> *[[Natural Killer Cell (NKC) function|low natural killer cell function]]<ref name="Brenu2014" /> *low red blood cell [[magnesium]]<ref name="Cox1991">{{Cite journal | title = Red blood cell magnesium and chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1672392|journal=Lancet (London, England) | date = 1991-03-30|issn=0140-6736|pmid=1672392 | pages = 757–760|volume=337|issue=8744 | first = I.M. | last=Cox | first2 = M.J. | last2 = Campbell | first3 = D. | last3 = Dowson}}</ref> *[[Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome|postural orthostatic tachychardia]] (POTS)<ref name="ICC2011primer" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ammes.org/overlapping-conditions/ | title = Overlapping Conditions – American ME and CFS Society|website=ammes.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> *[[Post-exertional malaise|physical and mental exertion, sensory input cause relapse]] (PEM)<ref name="ICC2011primer" /><ref name="Arroll2014">{{Cite journal | last = Arroll | first = Megan A. | last2 = Attree | first2 = Elizabeth A. | last3 = O'Leary | first3 = John M. | last4 = Dancey | first4 = Christine P. | date = 2014-04-03 | title = The delayed fatigue effect in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2014.892755|journal = Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior |language=en|volume=2|issue=2 | pages = 57–63|doi=10.1080/21641846.2014.892755|issn=2164-1846}}</ref><ref name="CDC-symptoms">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/symptoms-diagnosis/symptoms.html | title = Symptoms {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2018-05-18 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> </div>
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