8 ‘Risk factors for severe ME/CFS’ by Pheby D. & Saffron L. see http://biolmedonline.com/Articles/vol1_4_50-74.pdf
9 based on data at
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/about/what-is-mecfs/ and http://www.investinme.org/Article 651 — ICC for ME— Bruce Carruthers.htm
and ‘Nice Clinical Guideline 53’ page 4 (http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11824/6193/36193.pdf) and http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/general-practice/data
10 http://www.erythos.com/gibsonenquiry/Docs/ME_Inquiry_Report.pdf
11 ‘The DWP accepts the World Health Organisation classification of M.E.’ see http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2011/11/cfsme-not-a-mental-health-disorder-minister-for-welfare-reform-tells-countess-of-mar-21-november-2011/
12 http://www.meresearch.org.uk/what-is-me/
13 http://www.neural.org.uk/living-with-a-neurological-condition/what-is-a-neurological-condition;
A often linked to the presence of Fibromyalgia which is a condition that can often be seen alongside ME see http://sacfs.asn.au/download/consensus_overview_fms.pdf
Links to references included in the poster:
1a - 1l for symptoms and what different terms mean (e.g. CFS, ME/CFS, CFS/ME) see link here (or http://www.nightingale.ca/documents/Nightingale_ME_Definition_en.pdf)
2 Dr Clare Gerada, see http://www.investinme.org/IiME%20Conference%202013/IIMEC8%20Conference%20Report.htm
3 In very young children irritability may be more noticeable than fatigue see http://www.iacfsme.org/portals/0/pdf/pediatriccasedefinitionshort.pdf
4a, 4b ‘Dr Nigel Speight—ME Handout Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in Childhood’ available at http://voicesfromtheshadowsfilm.co.uk/nigel-speight-me-handout/
5a - 5e ‘A report of the CFS/ME Working Group’ (to the Chief Medical Officer)’ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4064945.pdf
6 http://www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2010-survey-report-lo-res10.pdf
7 http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Chronic-fatigue-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx
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