| myalgic encephalomyelitis--report of an epidemic. | the relationship between the group b coxsackieviruses and a wide variety of illnesses, particularly pleurodynia and myo/pericarditis, is already well established. the detection of raised levels of neutralizing antibody to these viruses in a group of patients in a rural practice presenting with an illness resembling myalgic encephalomyelitis (me) was therefore unexpected. this is a most distressing and debilitating illness for the patient and the affected family. what is the immunological failure ... | 1983 | 6310104 |