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| n | Has been called:
chronic EBV syndrome, |
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| postviral
fatigue syndrome, “yuppie flu” |
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| n | 1988 CDC
convened researchers & clinicians |
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classify CFS |
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| n | 1994
international group proposed guidelines |
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| for CFS |
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| n | CDC reported
prevalence of 4-11 |
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population |
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| n | In US most cases
occur in young to middle- |
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| aged white women |
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