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Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Lombardi VC, Ruscetti FW, ..., Silverman RH, Mikovits JA
Science 2009 Oct 23 326 (5952):585-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Ulf Pettersson / Alan Landay / Brigitte Huber / Gene Shearer with Adriano Boasso / George Breese with Katie Kelm / David Wang / Ken Wilson / Charles Chiu
First evaluation 13 Nov 09 | Latest evaluation 19 Jan 10

"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is an enigmatic disease with an unknown pathogenicity...."

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