Differentiating Multiple Sclerosis from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Jason, L A, Ohanian, D, Brown, A et al.·Insights in biomedicine·2017
This study compared how people with MS, ME, and chronic fatigue syndrome experience their illnesses. Researchers surveyed 120 people with MS and 269 people with ME/CFS about their symptoms using a standardized questionnaire. They found that people with ME/CFS reported more severe symptoms and greater functional limitations than people with MS, suggesting these conditions have different disability profiles.