Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are indistinguishable by their cerebrospinal fluid proteomes

CONCLUSION: This supports the notion that ME/CFS and fibromyalgia as currently defined are not distinct entities.Key messageME/CFS and fibromyalgia as currently defined are not distinct entities.Unbiased quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics can be used to discover cerebrospinal fluid proteins that are biomarkers for a condition such as we are studying.PMID:37722890 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2023.2208372

Source: Annals of Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Steven E Schutzer Tao Liu Chia-Feng Tsai Vladislav A Petyuk Athena A Schepmoes Yi-Ting Wang Karl K Weitz Jonas Bergquist Richard D Smith Benjamin H Natelson Source Type: research