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Jose G Montoya^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
³ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁴ Stanford Human Immune Monitoring Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁶ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; mmdavis@stanford.edu.
⁷ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.

Comment

Jose G Montoya et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 Nov 7;114(45):E9436.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714692114. Epub 2017 Oct 30.

Jose G Montoya^{1

2

3}, Holden T Maecker^{3

4

5}, Yael Rosenberg-Hasson^{3

4

5}, Mark M Davis^{6

4

5

7}

¹ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
³ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁴ Stanford Human Immune Monitoring Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁶ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; mmdavis@stanford.edu.
⁷ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Cytokine signature associated with disease severity in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.
Montoya JG, Holmes TH, Anderson JN, Maecker HT, Rosenberg-Hasson Y, Valencia IJ, Chu L, Younger JW, Tato CM, Davis MM. Montoya JG, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):E7150-E7158. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1710519114. Epub 2017 Jul 31. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28760971 Free PMC article.
Cytokine signature in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Roerink ME, Buckland M, Lloyd AR, van der Meer JWM. Roerink ME, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Nov 7;114(45):E9435. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714011114. Epub 2017 Oct 30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 29087342 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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