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> [“For the last 48 years, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has been formally classified by the World Health Organisation as a neurological disorder but for the last 29 years a group of UK psychiatrists (known as the Wessely School) have denied it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-williams/for-the-last-48-years-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-has-been-formally/)

Margaret Williams

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## More by Margaret Williams

> [“people with ME/CFS do not have “fatigue as their main symptom”; they have post-extertional fatigability accompanied by malaise as their main symptom (their voluntary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-williams/people-with-me-cfs-do-not-have-fatigue-as-their-main-symptom-they/)

Margaret Williams

> [“The evidence of inflammation in people with ME/CFS is important because the incremental aerobic exercise recommended by the Wessely School and encapsulated in NICE’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-williams/the-evidence-of-inflammation-in-people-with-me-cfs-is-important/)

Margaret Williams

> [“For the last 48 years, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has been formally classified by the World Health Organisation as a neurological disorder but for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-williams/for-the-last-48-years-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-has-been-formally/)

Margaret Williams

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