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a Lime Trees Child
and Family Unit, York, UK, b York District
Hospital, York, UK
Correspondence to: Dr J B Wright, Lime Trees Child and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE, UK
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The media has shown some interest in children with chronic fatigue syndrome, although national coverage does not always accurately reflect the position of the current medical publications. For example, one television programme indicated that most adolescents with the illness might expect to be ill for at least four years, a suggestion that research papers do not confirm. It is thus prudent to consider what current research tells us, particularly when there is an apparent disparity of views about the illness between parents, support groups, and professionals.
An editorial in the British Medical Journal1
and a report from the joint working group of the Royal Colleges of
Physicians, Psychiatrists and General Practitioners2 both
called for more work to be carried out on the assessment and management
of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome. This review
seeks to delineate our knowledge from published work as it currently stands and suggests an
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