PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Crawley, Esther TI - The epidemiology of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis in children AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302156 DP - 2014 Feb 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 171--174 VI - 99 IP - 2 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/2/171.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/2/171.full SO - Arch Dis Child2014 Feb 01; 99 AB - Most paediatricians regularly see children with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalitis (CFS/ME) in their clinics and yet we know little about how common it is, who is affected, whether there are risk factors and how likely a child is to recover (or what might predict recovery). Recent research suggests that this illness is more complicated than previously thought and that rather than being an illness found in middle class families, it is more common in those who are socially deprived. This article reviews what is currently known about this important but little understood condition.