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Article: Researchers say genetics appears to play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome
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- AP Worldstream
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- April 20, 2006
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MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-20-2006
Dateline: ATLANTA
Chronic fatigue syndrome appears to result from something in people's genetic makeup that reduces their ability to deal with physical and psychological stress, researchers reported Thursday.
The research is being called some of the first credible scientific evidence that genetics, when combined with stress, can bring on chronic fatigue syndrome _ a condition so hard to diagnose and so poorly understood that some question whether it is even a real ailment.
Researchers said the findings could help lead to betters means of diagnosing and treating chronic fatigue syndrome and predicting those who are likely to ...