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livinglighter liked SNT Gatchaman's post in the thread Preprint Antibody-mediated cellular responses are dysregulated in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children MIS-C, 2024, Dick et al..
Antibody-mediated cellular responses are dysregulated in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children MIS-C Jenna K Dick; Jules A...
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bobbler liked FMMM1's post in the thread Evidence of a genetic background predisposing to complex regional pain syndrome type 1, 2023, Shaikh et al.
Couple of thigs struck me about this: 1) They had a "cohort of well-characterised patients with chronic CRPS-1 (n=34)" and the genes...
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DigitalDrifter liked Sarah94's post in the thread Aripiprazole - Abilify.
You sound like you're saying that ME is psychological and we just need to believe that we've taken a drug that works.
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Hutan liked Solstice's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
It says this is the project that is set up with the help of "patient organization" ME/CVS Stichting Nederland. I trust that organization...
Apr 20, 2024 at 2:49 AM -
Hutan liked Simon M's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
I remember a large US insurance study from a few years back - not sure if it wsa this one - but it had a low sex ratio and CFS incidence...
Apr 20, 2024 at 2:48 AM -
Hutan liked Simon M's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
This is good news, and exactly what we need. With GWAS studies, size makes a big difference, and it’s fairly easy to combine the results...
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Hutan liked Andy's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Interesting. A caveat would be though whether the Lifelines cohort identifies ME/CFS accurately or not, and I believe there are doubts...
Apr 20, 2024 at 2:39 AM -
Hutan liked ME/CFS Skeptic's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
During the ZonMw conference on the Dutch ME/CFS research program yesterday, one researcher said that they estimated the heritability of...
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Hutan liked MeSci's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Your numbers have got a bit skewed, @Simon M - it should be 10 to the power of 4 rather than 104. There are probably some other examples.
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Hutan liked Chris Ponting's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Joshua, Simon and I also wrote a slightly more accessible version which is available here:...
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Hutan liked Simon M's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Thanks! Full credit to the first author Joshua Dibble, Chris Ponting's PhD student, who is funded by Action for ME and Scotland's Chief...
Apr 20, 2024 at 2:36 AM -
Hutan liked MeSci's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Is this an error, on p.6? "Despite GWAS being expensive, sales of medications that have benefitted from this method already exceed its...
Apr 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM -
Hutan liked Jaybee00's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
Congrats Simon!
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Hutan liked John Mac's post in the thread Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020.
https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/doi/10.1093/hmg/ddaa169/5879704
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Hutan liked SNT Gatchaman's post in the thread Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process, 2024, Katherine C. Brooks, MD et al.
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