Recently, the dutch Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Review Committee (ME-Overleg)
published their report.

The contents of the report is to develop clinical practice guidelines for
the diagnosis, treatment and management of CFS.

The dutch minister of Health, prof.dr. Els Borst, an MD herself, asked CFS
scientists of Nijmegen University, the 'College of General Practitioners'
(Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap, NHG) and the NIVEL (the WHO
Collaborating Centre for Primary Health Care in The Netherlands) to write
the report for general practitioners in The Netherlands.

The report is now available on the Internet.

Part I of the report is a literature study and in part II a summary, the
conclusions and the clinical recommendations are presented. With this report,
CFS has been recognized by the medical establishment in the Netherlands.

A summary in english will be available soon at this url.
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Electronic version
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The electronic version of the report is available at the ME-NET web site.

Report #1:          http://www.me-net.combidom.com/meweb/ned14.txt
Report #2:          http://www.me-net.combidom.com/meweb/ned15.txt

The report has also been posted to the Usenet newsgroup alt.med.cfs.open

The electronic version is also available by email from the ME-NET list
archive.
In order to download Report #1 by e-mail, send these command lines,
           //   JOB Echo=No
           Database Search DD=Rules
           //Rules  DD *
           SEARCH * IN ME-NET.1778
           PRINT
to listserv@list.ecompass.nl
Report #2 is obtained by these command lines,
           //   JOB Echo=No
           Database Search DD=Rules
           //Rules  DD *
           SEARCH * IN ME-NET.1779
           PRINT
to be sent to the same address.

The electronic version is published with the permission of the authors and
can be distributed on the Internet and other electronic systems.


Hard copy
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A hard copy of both reports is also available. In The Netherlands, the price
(for both reports) is 11 dutch guilders (~5.50 US$) and overseas, it may be
somewhat higher.

In order to obtain a hard copy, contact the publisher:

   Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg (NIVEL)
   P.O. box 1568
   3500 BN Utrecht
   The Netherlands
   Fax: +31 30-2319290


Marc Fluks