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Depression (relationship with chronic fatigue syndrome)

Authoring team

  • patients with primary depression may have symptoms that resemble chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); similarly patients with CFS may exhibit symptoms generally associated with depression
  • however it is believed that these diseases are distinct and that CFS can generally be distinguished from somatisation disorder

Reference:

  1. NICE. Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline NG206. Published: October 2021

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