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    Anyone here used HIV/AIDS treatment for CFS?

    "For those of you who missed ECTRIMS the following are our results of the Raltegravir (Isentress) Pilot Study in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (INSPIRE) (NCT01767701), which we presented at ECTRIMS. The study was negative in that we did not show an impact of raltegravir on inflammatory disease...
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    Is there any solid evidence that the prevalence of depression is higher in CCC-defined ME/CFS patien

    Is there any solid evidence that the prevalence of depression is higher in CCC-defined ME/CFS patients than A) the general population, and B) other patient groups with chronic organic diseases? What about Fukuda-defined CFS patients vs general population and other chronic diseases? Or is there...
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    Differences between HIV/AIDS symptoms and CFS symptoms

    Raltegravir (Isentress) Pilot Study in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (INSPIRE) This study has been completed. No study results posted https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01767701?term=Raltegravir+MS&rank=2 Gavin Giovannoni write about HERV and human autoimmune diseases and a study...
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    Differences between HIV/AIDS symptoms and CFS symptoms

    But maybe ARV could be help full? Like they now looking at for ALS.
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    Differences between HIV/AIDS symptoms and CFS symptoms

    "The virus is called HERV-K, and it incorporated itself — permanently — into the human genome between 2 and 5 million years ago. It's a human endogenous retrovirus — an example of nature's own genetic engineering. Retroviruses — like the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS —...
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    Differences between HIV/AIDS symptoms and CFS symptoms

    Marian Laderoute https://touch.www.linkedin.com/?sessionid=5149525217768876&as=false&rs=false&can=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fin%2Fhervk102#profile/463134295/name:2_di
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    Differences between HIV/AIDS symptoms and CFS symptoms

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mecfs-new-herv-k102-afp-immunosenescence-paradigm-laderoute
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    Karina.......some good news at last.

    http://valerieeliotsmith.com/