This is highly likely. The risk of having a complex disease such as an autoimmune condition is altered by many, many different DNA letters scattered around the human genome, and we think it is likely that it will be the same for ME/CFS. The genetic variants all could have the same effect (for example, muting the body’s immune system) but might have separate effects on different bodily processes.

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