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@GemzME @_Lucibee Komaroff coauthored the Holmes criteria, which I think was the earliest usage. https://t.co/QkCOYykOOA
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@claretracy61 It stands for chronic fatigue syndrome, see: https://t.co/RBajlkDLmo
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@Patriot777_ We propose a new name for the chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome—the chronic fatigue syndrome—that more accurately describes this symptom complex as a syndrome of unknown cause characterized primarily by chronic fatigue. https://t.co/y4BZFMG…
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@CaroleBruce17 @KarenLHargrave In the US, it was more the tenuous link with EBV and the lack of diagnostic consistency. The name was conceived in 1987 and published in 1988 as what became the Holmes criteria https://t.co/hfy99TFjpa