To "lump" or to "split" the functional somatic syndromes: can infectious and emotional risk factors differentiate between the onset of chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome?
These results support the argument to distinguish between postinfectious IBS and CFS. The nature of the precipitating infection appears to be important, and premorbid levels of distress appear to be more strongly associated with CFS than IBS, particularly levels of depression.
Our data demonstrate that an L-kynurenine/AhR pathway mediates acute brain damage after stroke and open new possibilities for the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology.