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Subject: Immune: Clues to Fatigue
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		Clues to Fatigue

Doctors at UC San Francisco have found a way to distinguish a puzzling
disorder called chronic fatigue syndrome from other more common types of
fatigue.  The development could lead to a blood test to help diagnose the
ailment.

Researchers found that patients had excessive levels of certain immune
cells that fight infection.  The cause of the syndrome, characterized by
fatigue, and joint and muscle aches, remains unknown.  In part because so
little is known about the disease, some doctors have dismissed it as
psychosomatic.

>From "Research Notes," a feature of "UC Focus," Published for the faculty
and staff of the University of California by the Office of the President,
Vol. 5, No. 2, November/December 1990.  No byline.

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