Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Liesa Abrams

While patients with chronic fatigue syndrome experience numerous and often serious symptoms, doctors and researchers continue to be stumped by the disease that has caused much controversy-including over the question of its very existence. Within the context of this ongoing controversy, theories on a possible cause, methods of diagnosis, treatment options, and hope for the future are explored.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published February 7, 2003

About the author

Liesa Abrams is executive editor at Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Books, where she acquires and edits tween and middle grade fiction in a range of genres, including the bestselling Pendragon series. Previously, she was an editor at Razorbill, the commercial YA imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, and worked with many of today's hottest teen book authors such as Scott Westerfeld and Maureen Johnson. Liesa began her career at the book packager now known as Alloy Entertainment (producers of hits like Sweet Valley High, Gossip Girl, and The Clique), developing, launching, and overseeing ongoing YA series.