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INDEX - D
Dayal, Rajeev, BS
DeLuca, John, Ph.D.
Dowsett E.G., MBChB, Dip Bact.
Drucker, Judy.

Dayal, Rajeev, BS

For articles with Dayal, Rajeev, BS as co-author or contributor see the following catalogue entries:

DeLuca, John, Ph.D.

For articles with DeLuca, John, Ph.D. as co-author or contributor see the following catalogue entries:

Dowsett E.G., MBChB, Dip Bact.

Dr. E. G. Dowsett is Honorary Consultant Microbiologist to the Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals NHS Trust and a Member of the Chief Medical Officer's Working Party on ME/CFS.

Title: The Late Effects of ME - Can They Be Distinguished From The Post-Polio Syndrome?

Author(s): Dr. E.G. Dowsett MBChB, Dip Bact.
Original Publication: Originally a Presentation to the All Party Group of MPs on ME/PPS on 31st January 2001.
This Lincolnshire Post-Polio Library Publication February 2001.
Abstract/Extract: Few people would dispute that ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis), an illness which blights the hopes and aspirations of all sufferers, especially the young, is denied equal treatment in respect of diagnostic facilities, medical coverage and welfare provision. Comparable chronic and unpredictably disabling neurological conditions, for example Multiple Sclerosis, which was formerly ascribed to "hysteria" and similarly neglected, now receive government recognition, facilities within the NHS, and more generous research funding - though the potential cost of effective treatment can still arouse bitter debate. This paper discusses the following: What is ME?; What are the late effects of ME?; Which group of ME sufferers are chiefly at risk of the late effects?; What is the Post-polio syndrome?; Suggested new criteria for the diagnosis and assessment of the post-polio syndrome; Is it possible that many patients diagnosed as having me are sufferers from an illness clinically identical to "non-paralytic" polio?; Is it necessary to differentiate between the late effects of ME and the Post-polio syndrome?; What is the evidence that the late effects of me and the post-polio syndrome can be caused by enteroviruses other than polio viruses 1-3?; How may symptoms of the late effects of ME and Polio be explained?

Drucker, Judy.

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NOTES

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