Metabolism in chronic fatigue syndrome

CW Armstrong, NR McGregor, HL Butt… - Advances in clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a poorly understood condition that presents as long-term
physical and mental fatigue with associated symptoms of pain and sensitivity across a broad
range of systems in the body. The poor understanding of the disorder comes from the
varying clinical diagnostic definitions as well as the broad array of body systems from which
its symptoms present. Studies on metabolism and CFS suggest irregularities in energy
metabolism, amino acid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, hormone …