UK: Chronic fatigue syndrome (AKA: myalgic encephalitis or ME) is 'major' cause of school absence

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8950705/Chronic-fatigue-syndrome-is-major-cause-of-school-absence-research.html

The Telegragh
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor

7:45AM GMT 13 Dec 2011
Chronic fatigue syndrome is 'major' cause of school absence: research
Chronic fatigue syndrome may be ten times more common than previously thought and be one of the major reasons children are absent from school, researchers have said.
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Previous studies have found that an acute illness, often viral infection, appears to occur in two-thirds of children who go on to develop CFS...