Case definitions for CFS/ME
| Case definitions (chronologically) | Developed from other criteria or definitions? | Institution and country of first author | CITATIONS* ISI/Google Scholar |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDC-1988/Holmes et al20 | Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA | 1106/1542 | |
| ME-1988/Ramsey42 | Royal Free Hospital, London, UK | 6/51 | |
| London-1990/Dowsett et al37 | Royal Free Hospital, London, UK | 55/88 | |
| Australian-199044 | The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, Australia | 230/343 | |
| Postviral fatigue syndrome-199043 | Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK | 14/28 | |
| Oxford-199140 | University of Oxford, Oxford, UK | 476/667 | |
| London ME-1994/National Task Force Guidelines48 | National Task Force, Bristol, UK | No records | |
| CDC-1994/Fukuda et al39 | CDC-1988 | Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA | 1860/3006 |
| Working case definition-199638 | CDC-1988 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts, USA | 78/138 |
| CFS-199849 | CDC-1994 | Medical College of Wisconsin, USA | 8/23 |
| Canadian-200322 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada | 69/233 | |
| Empirical CDC-2005/Reeves et al63 | CDC-1994 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA | 73/154 |
| Empirical-200741 | DePaul University, Chicago, USA | 5/14 | |
| Brighton Collaboration-200735 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA | 1/5 | |
| NICE-2007 Guidelines46 | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK | No records/23† | |
| The Nightingale Definition of ME-2007/Hyde45 | The Nightingale Research Foundation, Canada | No records/5 | |
| ECD-200834 | Southampton, Hampshire, UK | 2/4 | |
| Revised Canadian-201047 | CDC-1994, Empirical CDC-2005, Canadian-2003 | DePaul University, Illinois, USA | 8/18 |
| ICC-201123 | Canadian-2003 | Independent, Canada | 4/16 |
| ME-201133 | London-1990, ME-1988, The Nightingale Definition of ME-2008 | DePaul University, Illinois, USA | 1/1 |
*Searched 23 May 2012.
†Summary of the NICE Guidelines in: diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): summary of NICE guidance. BMJ 2007;335:446.
CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome; ICC, International Consensus Criteria; ME, myalgic encephalomyelitis; ECD, epidemiological CFS/ME definition.