Serial Paediatrics Omics Tracking in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (SPOT-ME): protocol paper for a multidisciplinary, observational study of clinical and biological markers of paediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Australian adolescents aged 12–19 years
Natalie Thomas, Tracey Chau, Darcy Tantanis, Katherine Huang, Adam Scheinberg, Paul R Gooley, Elisha K Josev, Sarah J Knight, Christopher W Armstrong · 2024
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Natalie Thomas and co-authors set out a study plan for tracking teen ME/CFS in Australia in two thousand twenty-four. The illness, also called chronic fatigue syndrome, can disable teens in a key growth window. Its biology is poorly known, and teens are rarely studied though onset often peaks at their age.
The plan follows patients aged twelve to nineteen plus healthy peers over time. Urine, blood, and immune cells feed deep scans: full genome reads, chemical profiles, and protein counts. Gold-standard clinic and mind tests run alongside. The team hopes the paired data will yield a marker set for the disease, reveal patient subgroups, and show how the illness works.
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| CREATOR | Natalie Thomas, Tracey Chau, Darcy Tantanis, Katherine Huang, Adam Scheinberg, Paul R Gooley, Elisha K Josev, Sarah J Knight, Christopher W Armstrong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |