Since the CDC has revised its website to explicitly disavow the use of diagnostic markers for determining which patients fall within the parameters of CFS/ME, lets counter them with a list of the best markers we know of, and the tests used to find these markers.
Of course, everyone is looking at XMRV as a potential marker, but that is best tabled until the Alter FDA/NIH paper comes out. If it ever does. Cytokine levels? Cortisol? Viral reactivations? Reverse transcriptase? Cardio anomalies? Cerebral perfusion issues? What do you think the best potential markers are, and how would you weight them for reliably selecting CFS/ME patients apart from otherwise fatigued individuals?
I will start out with a possible marker; CFS/ME patients have Sanpaku eyes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku
Of course, everyone is looking at XMRV as a potential marker, but that is best tabled until the Alter FDA/NIH paper comes out. If it ever does. Cytokine levels? Cortisol? Viral reactivations? Reverse transcriptase? Cardio anomalies? Cerebral perfusion issues? What do you think the best potential markers are, and how would you weight them for reliably selecting CFS/ME patients apart from otherwise fatigued individuals?
I will start out with a possible marker; CFS/ME patients have Sanpaku eyes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku