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  1. corni

    In silico analysis of exercise intolerance in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

    An EBV infection can be as ordinary as a normal flu. In my case, I only knew 3 month later that it was EBV and not just a flu. But there are EBV-unrelated cases, too. Wouldn't it be too simple otherwise? :P
  2. corni

    In silico analysis of exercise intolerance in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

    I think it is most likely that the primary cause is somewhere in the immunological response to viruses (like EBV). The following article shows that there seems to be something wrong with the memory B cells for EBV specifically (also from Germany :) , though generally we are quite behind in CFS...
  3. corni

    In silico analysis of exercise intolerance in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

    Thank you for the warm welcome. :) I think with ribose it is the same as with many other supplements, which sound very promising in theory, but in practice you can't really tell how well they work since there are so many other factors like sleep, hormones etc.
  4. corni

    In silico analysis of exercise intolerance in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

    I'm the author of this article. I am happy to see it being discussed already here. If you are interested, the full text is available for free from here: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QuQW14YsaFG8s until June,8 (after that just write me a mail). The paper about EBV inducing CFS has a really...