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===Most recover with specialist treatment claim === Both the FITNET-NHS posters for GPs and pediatricians include the unreferenced claim that "most" children recover within 6 months after "specialist treatment", but that "less than 10%" of children who did not attend a specialist center recovered in that time.<ref name="flyer-pediatrician">{{Cite web | url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/ccah/cfsme/study-docs/Flyer%20for%20paediatricians_v2.0.pdf | title=FITNET-NHS Paediatrician referral flyer | last = University of Bristol | first = | authorlink = University of Bristol | last2 = Royal University Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | first2 = | authorlink2 = Royal University Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-12|quote=<strong >Treatment now available for children with CFS/ME</strong><br >1% of secondary school children miss 20% of school because of CFS/ME<br >Most will recover at 6 months with specialist treatment but less than 10% will recover without it<br >Specialist treatment is now available at home for teenagers aged 11 to 17 years with CFS/ME as part of a research study | last3 = FITNET-NHS | authorlink3 = FITNET-NHS}}</ref><ref name="flyer-GP">{{Cite web | url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/ccah/cfsme/study-docs/Flyer%20for%20GPs_v3.0.pdf | title=FITNET-NHS Flyer for GPs | last = University of Bristol | first = | authorlink = University of Bristol | last2 = Royal University Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | first2 = | authorlink2 = Royal University Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-12|quote=<strong >Treatment now available for children with CFS/ME</strong><br >1% of secondary school children miss 20% of school because of CFS/ME<br >Most will recover at 6 months with specialist treatment but less than 10% will recover without it<br >Specialist treatment is now available at home for teenagers aged 11 to 17 years with CFS/ME as part of a research study | last3 = FITNET-NHS | authorlink3 = FITNET-NHS}}</ref> However, this claim may be based on a single study of FITNET in the Netherlands, so the figures many not be accurate for children in the UK being treated by the [[National Health Service|NHS]].
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