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Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Causes
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Causes
Theories abound about the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome. Indeed, no primary cause has been found that explains all cases of CFS, and no consistent biologic factors allow objective measures, such as blood tests or brain scans, to definitively diagnose the condition.
Overall, however, doctors are increasingly adopting the view that CFS probably denotes a disease category that includes a range of subtypes, in the same way that cancer is a broad term within which numerous specific forms oc...
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