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Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome
Edited by Ronald W. Davis, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, and approved July 13, 2016 (received for review May 11, 2016)
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- Published in issue September 13, 2016.
- Published first August 29, 2016.
Author Information
- Robert K. Naviauxa,b,c,d,1,
- Jane C. Naviauxa,e,
- Kefeng Lia,b,
- A. Taylor Brighta,b,
- William A. Alaynicka,b,
- Lin Wanga,b,
- Asha Baxterf,
- Neil Nathanf,2,
- Wayne Andersonf, and
- Eric Gordonf
- aThe Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103-8467;
- bDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103-8467;
- cDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103-8467;
- dDepartment of Pathology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103-8467;
- eDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92103-8467;
- fGordon Medical Associates, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Edited by Ronald W. Davis, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, and approved July 13, 2016 (received for review May 11, 2016)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: rnaviaux{at}ucsd.edu.
↵2Present address: Redwood Valley Clinic, 8501 West Road, Redwood Valley, CA, 95470.
Author contributions: R.K.N., N.N., W.A., and E.G. designed research; R.K.N., J.C.N., K.L., A.T.B., L.W., A.B., N.N., W.A., and E.G. performed research; R.K.N., J.C.N., K.L., A.T.B., W.A.A., and L.W. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; R.K.N. wrote and managed the human subjects protocol; J.C.N. recruited subjects and developed methods; K.L. developed methods; A.T.B. created the pathway database and developed new bioinformatic methods; W.A.A. prepared the Cytoscape pathway visualizations; A.B. coordinated patient recruitment, medical histories, and clinical data; N.N., W.A., and E.G. identified and recruited patients; R.K.N., J.C.N., K.L., A.T.B., N.N., and E.G. analyzed data; and R.K.N., J.C.N., K.L., A.T.B., and W.A.A. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
Data deposition: The data reported in this paper have been deposited in the NIH Metabolomics Data Repository and Coordinating Center (DRCC) (accession no. ST000450).
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1607571113/-/DCSupplemental.
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