Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The rule of GH and IGF1 in the pathogenic of CFS is unclear. One study (related articles number 2) found no difference in IFG1 levels between controls and patients. However in fibromyalgia there are reports of subgroups of patients with a low IGF1 and normal to high GH. This phenomenon is also known with anorexia nervosa patients due to the malnutrition.Method: We selected a group of ambulatory CFS patients fulfilling the Fukuda criteria with ...

Aim: In consultation, we check a lot of patients who present with diagnose of FM (fibromyalgia) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Most of these patients have a underlying diagnosis that causes chronic pain or fatigue. These causes are pathologies not easily detected.Endocrine failure is one of the candidates, with hypofyse dysfunction as a possible candidate.Methods: During 1 year: from October 11, 487 patients presented at the c...