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Michael Sharpe, Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford, comments on new American research into chronic fatigue syndrome: “Whilst this finding that some patients with CFS/ME have an immune abnormality is potentially interesting, we should treat it with great caution. Everyone who has worked clinically with patients with CFS/ME knows this is a real illness; this study neither proves nor disproves that observation.”

Immune tests suggest chronic fatigue isn't all in the mind
The Daily Telegraph, 28/02/2015, p.15, Sarah Knapton
Michael Sharpe, Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford, comments on new American research into chronic fatigue syndrome.

Also:
Scientists claim to have 'robust' evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome has biological cause
The Independent, 27/02/2015, Charlie Cooper

Study suggests chronic fatigue syndrome is result of viral infection
Japan Times, 01/03/2015, Reuters

Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate
Channel NewsAsia (Singapore), 27/02/2015, Unattributed

Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate
Reuters, 27/02/2015, Kate Kelland

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