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EEG spectral coherence data distinguish chronic fatigue syndrome patients from healthy controls and depressed patients

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Study at a glance

Area
QEEG, Methods & Mechanisms
Study type
Controlled study
Authors
Duffy FH, McAnulty GB, McCreary MC, Cuchural GJ, Komaroff AL
Journal
BMC Neurology
Year
2011
Participants
632
Population
Adults

Key findings

  • About 90% of unmedicated CFS patients and healthy controls classified correctly
  • Depressed patients were not mistaken for CFS

DOI 10.1186/1471-2377-11-82 → PubMed 21722376 →

A large EEG study testing whether spectral coherence can tell people with chronic fatigue syndrome apart from healthy people and from people with depression. Coherence patterns separated the groups with high accuracy without misclassifying depression as CFS.