ReviewThe clinical syndrome variously called benign myalgic encephalomyelitis, Iceland disease and epidemic neuromyasthenia☆
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The expenses of the study have been defrayed in part by a grant from the Wallace Laboratories, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Present address: Department of Medicine Central Office, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
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From the Department of Medicine, State University of New York, College of Medicine of New York, and the Department of Medical Services, Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.