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Linking disease symptoms and subtypes with personalized systems-based phenotypes: a proof of concept study.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Oct 2012
Aschbacher Kirstin, Adam Emma K, Crofford Leslie J, Kemeny Margaret E, Demitrack Mark A, Ben-Zvi Amos
Abstract excerpt
A dynamic systems model was used to generate parameters describing a phenotype of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) behavior in a sample of 36 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FM) and 36 case-matched healthy controls. Altered neuroendocrine function, particularly in relation to somatic symptoms and poor sleep quality, may contribute to the pathophysiology of these disorders....
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