Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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 1L-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 -- Sjogren's syndrome -- Sleep -- Socioeconomic status -- Sociosomatics -- Soluble CD8 (sCD8) -- Soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) -- Somatization -- Somatoform disorder -- Somatomedin C -- Spasmophilia -- SPECTSCAN -- 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 85 Tyrosine -- Urinary metabolites -- Vitamins -- Yersinia -- Notes -- Index.