Cerebral perfusion in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression.

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BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and depressive illness share many, but not all, features. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that patients with CFS have abnormal cerebral perfusion, that differs from that in patients with depressive illness. METHOD: We recruited 30 patients with CFS who were not depressed, 12 depressed patients and 15 healthy volunteers. Regional cerebral perfusion at rest was assessed using region of interest (ROI) and voxel-based statistical parametric ma...

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Authors: MacHale, S; Lawŕie, S; Cavanagh, J; Glabus, M; Murray, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
• Volume: 176
• Issue: JUN.
• Pages: 550-556
• Publication date: 2000-06-01
• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.6.550
• EISSN: 1472-1465
• ISSN: 0007-1250
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic; Analysis of Variance; Brain Diseases; Humans; Adult; Female; Depressive Disorder; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Male