Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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
Sjögren'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