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. 2020 May 25;10(5):216.
doi: 10.3390/metabo10050216.

Letter to the Editor of Metabolites

Maureen R Hanson  1 , Arnaud Germain  1
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Letter to the Editor of Metabolites

Maureen R Hanson et al. Metabolites. .

Abstract

A number in our recently published study in your Metabolites journal, Germain et al. (2020),entitled "Comprehensive Circulatory Metabolomics in ME/CFS Reveals Disrupted Metabolism ofAcyl Lipids and Steroids" [1] has drawn a significant amount of attention on social media [...].

Keywords: ME/CFS; prevalence; review; worldwide.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Comment on

  • Metabolites. 10:34.

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