RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sporadic myalgic encephalomyelitis in a rural practice
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 339
OP 341
VO 33
IS 251
A1 B. D. Keighley
A1 E. J. Bell
YR 1983
UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/251/339.abstract
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.