EUROMENE meeting

Paris, April 13, 2018

The 6th meeting of the EUROMENE Cost Action was held in Paris (France), at the Creteil Medical Faculty, on 13rd April 2018.

The meeting had a welcome and introduction by Elin Strand (leader, Norway) and Jerome Authier (vise-leader France) focused.

The meeting had a discussion on the activities of the WG4 - Clinical research enablers and diagnostic criteria. Participants at the meering were:

• Ruud Vermulen (Netherlands),
• Giorgos Sakkas (Grecce) .
• Luis Nacul (UK),
• Ingrid Helland (Norway),
• Olli Pollo (Finland),
• Jose Allegre (Spain),
• Eliana Lacerda (UK),
• Anne Marit Mengshoel (Norway),
• Lorenzo Lorusso (Italy),
• Jerome Authier (France).

The members discussed on “Joint publication manuscript on ME/CFS European practices in diagnosis and treatment based on survey data”; “Evaluation scales for assessment of neurological symptoms associated with ME/CFS and usable in diagnostic”; “Common strategy protocol for ME/CFS diagnosis: synchronisation between centres, research component integration2 and “Stratification of CFS/ME”.

Plenary discussion “Protocol and guidelines for ME/CFS subgroups detection (stratification) according to the presence of symptoms and subject to potential biomarkers variation”.