PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B. D. Keighley
AU  - E. J. Bell
TI  - Sporadic myalgic encephalomyelitis in a rural practice
DP  - 1983 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 339--341
VI  - 33
IP  - 251
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/251/339.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/251/339.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Jun 01; 33
AB  - Twenty patients presenting with chronic ill-defined illnesses in a rural practice were investigated virologically. The only positive finding was the detection of elevated Coxsackie B titres in 16 of these patients. Three had experienced mainly cardiovascular symptoms; the remaining 13 are thought to have suffered from myalgic encephalomyelitis. This is a distressing and often prolonged illness, the cause of which is as yet unknown but is suspected of having a viral aetiology.