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UK ME/CFS Biobank

Population Size

Not reported
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Years

2012

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Associated BioSamples

Peripheral blood cells

Plasma

...see more

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Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

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Lead time

Other

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Summary

Collection of samples and data across the following diseases: Chronic fatigue syndrome

Documentation

Participants: Over 650 participants are included in the study, including ME/CFS participants diagnosed by a physician and compliant with CDC '94 (Fukuda) and Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC), with case definition compliance available for four other commonly-used criteria. Healthy and MS matched controls are also available.

  • Mild and Moderate ME/CFS
  • Severe (Home-Bound) ME/CFS
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Healthy Controls Samples Available: Over 32,000 aliquots available.
  • Whole Blood
  • Serum
  • Plasma
  • RBCs
  • PBMCs (Sodium Heparin and K2 EDTA)
  • Blood for RNA Extraction (PaxGENE) Associated Data Available:
  • Baseline Standard Laboratory Tests to exclude comorbidity causes of fatigue
  • In-person clinical assessment data
  • Detailed Symptoms Assessments
  • Demographic information
  • Standardised instruments of Fatigue Severity and Functional Impairment

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Keywords

Provenance

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

Peripheral blood cells,Plasma,RNA,Serum,Whole blood

Details

Publishing frequency

Other

Version

1.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

19/02/2019

Citation Requirements

In Progress

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2012

Time lag

Variable

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, England

Minimum age range

15

Maximum age range

150

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

In Progress

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

Please contact the publisher using Contact Point details provided

Time to dataset access

Other

Access request cost

Not specified

Access method category

Varies based on project

Data Controller

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources:

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