Recommended
- Full blood count and film
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- Urea, electrolytes and creatinine
- Serum calcium and phosphate
- Liver function tests
- Thyroid stimulating hormone
- Urinalysis for protein, blood and sugar
Not recommended þ
- Serological tests for:
- Epstein-Barr virus (Level II);
- enteroviruses (Level II);
- Lyme disease in Australia (Level IV)
- Tests of immunity including T lymphocyte subset measurements and functional assays (Level I)
- Urinary protein metabolite screening (Level III-3)
- Neuroimaging studies including magnetic resonance imaging or radionuclide studies (Level III-3)
- Autoantibody assays (Level III-3)
- Serum creatine kinase (Level II)
* Tests to exclude other diagnoses may be performed if indicated by the clinical evaluation.
þ Available evidence indicates that these tests have no role in standard laboratory evaluation of people with CFS.
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