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http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/61447
Medpage Today interviews Vicky Whittemore. Here is an exerpt:
Medpage Today interviews Vicky Whittemore. Here is an exerpt:
MPT: What did you learn at the IACFS/ME conference?
Whittemore: My main takeaways from the conference are:
- There are now several potential mechanisms and hypotheses for the etiologies and pathophysiology of ME-CFS that need to be expanded, replicated, and further explored.
- We need more young investigators in ME-CFS research who will develop a pipeline of researchers to continue to explore new avenues in ME-CFS research.
- It will be difficult to develop a case definition until we have objective measures for ME-CFS. It is likely that there are subtypes of the disease, and it is this heterogeneity that makes developing one case definition so difficult.
- Discussion and collaboration between U.S. investigators, and investigators around the world, at international meetings such [IACFS/ME] will help coordinate efforts to bring the best scientists to the table to do research.