1st Edition
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Body's Immune Defense System What Does the Research Say?
By Roberto Patarca Montero
Copyright 2002
122 Pages
by
CRC Press
New evidence on the origins and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome! Written by one of the leading experts in the field, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Body?s Immune Defense System presents vital new information on a crippling disorder that has the biomedical community searching for answers. Current research suggests CFS is associated with immune abnormalities that can potentially account for... Read more
- Chapter 1. Overview of the Human Immune System and Its Relevance to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chapter 2. Cross-Talk Between the Immune, Endocrine, and Nervous Systems
- Neuroendocrinology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chapter 3. The Soldiers of the Immune Army: Immune Cell Phenotypic Distributions
- T Lymphocytes
- B Lymphocytes
- Natural Killer Cells
- Neutrophils
- Chapter 4. Immune Cell Function
- T and B Lymphocytes
- Natural Killer Cells
- Monocytes
- Eosinophils
- Chapter 5. Cytokines and Other Soluble Immune Mediators
- Cytokines
- Immunoglobulins
- Autoantibodies
- Circulating Immune Complexes
- Chapter 6. Potential Infectious and Autoimmune Etiologies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Infectious Agents As Possible Direct Causes of CFS
- Autoimmunity and CFS: Infectious Agents As Possible Indirect Causes of CFS
- Chapter 7. The Th1/Th2 Imbalance Paradigm in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chapter 8. Immunotherapy of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Th1/Th2 Balance Modulation
- Lymph Node Cell-Based Immunotherapy
- Mycobacterium Vaccae
- Staphylococcal Vaccine
- Sizofiran
- Panax Ginseng
- Juzen-Taiho-To
- Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
Biography
Roberto Patarca-Montero
