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“Chronic fatigue syndrome” (Sharpe et al, 1991) is an operational definition for conditions of disabling physical fatigue, of over six months duration, unexplained by primary physical or psychiatric causes. It encompasses nomenclature such as “myalgic encephalomyelitis” (Acheson, 1959), “post-viral fatigue syndrome” (Behan et al, 1985) and “chronic mononucleosis syndrome” (Straus, 1988).
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