Submitted by Steve Ross on Mon, 08/28/2006 - 3:27pm.
Currently, there is no diagnostic test to clearly identify CFIDS.
Diagnosis is generally arrived at by excluding other illnesses with similar symptoms and comparing a patient's symptoms with the 1994 International case definition.
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