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Quotes from an Article by Anthony Komaroff, M.D., 1997
There was an important development last fall in the area of general physician education in the U.S. about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) read by a large number of American physicians published an important article by Dr. Anthony Komaroff in its October 8,1997 issue. The article is titled: "A 56-Year Old Woman With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
The importance of the article is not in describing any breakthroughs or new information about ME/CFS, but in its effect in providing a good deal of positive educational information to the many, many physicians who remain largely uneducated about the illness or who are still influenced by the false viewpoint that ME/CFS is a depressive or psychiatric illness. The following are quotes from the article.
Notice about names
The Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association would like to clarify the use of the various acronyms for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) on this site. When we generate our own articles on the illness, we will refer to it as ME/CFS, the term now generally used in the United States. When we are reporting on someone else’s report, we will use the term they use. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies, including the CDC, are currently using ME/CFS.
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association changed its name in July, 2018, to reflect this consensus.