Recently more and more information concerning the central nervous system and its connection to fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome has been emerging. Several national television news programs have highlighted these conditions. The November 11, 1999 Wall Street Journal article High Hopes: Surgery on the Skull for Chronic Fatigue? Doctors Are Trying It, and the November 4, 1999 Baltimore Sun's Answered Prayer story have brought international attention to new ideas in treating FMS and CFIDS.

The following links will take you to a comparative symptoms chart, descriptions of Chiari I malformations, and several abstracts related to these abnormalities.

	Comparative Symptoms Chart
	Chiari I Malformations
	Chiari I Abstracts Abstract I Chiari I Malformation Redefined: Clinical and Radiographic Findings for 364 Symptomatic Patients - Dr. Thomas Milhorat Abstract II Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy Relieves Some Symptoms of Fibromyalgia - Dr. Dan Heffez Abstract III Craniocervical Decompression, Cerebral Blood Flow and Neuropsychological Dysfunction in FMS and CFS - Dr. Michael Rosner Abstract IV Pain Syndromes and C-Spine/Foramen Magnum Cord Compression Two Year Experience of a University-Based Rheumatologist - Dr. Dan Malone   Abstract V Does Chiari Malformation Contribute To Fibromyalgia (FM) Symptoms? - Dr. Lawrence Bradley Abstract VI Trivial Degrees of Tonsillar Ectopia May be Symptomatic - Dr. Dan Heffez Abstract VII A Contemporary Overview of Fibromyalgia - Dr. Robert M. Bennett
	Cervical Spinal Stenosis Abstracts Abstract I Can Spinal Cord Compression Cause the Fibromyalgia Syndrome? - Dr. Dan Heffez Abstract II Patients With Fibromyalgia Have Quantifiable  Neurological Deficits - Dr. Dan Heffez Abstract III Decompression of Craniovertebral Stenosis Leads to Improvement in FMS and CFIDS Symptoms - Dr. Michael Rosner