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To better understand the characteristics of the fatigue associated with PPBL and study its relationship with systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID), we analyzed the symptoms in a cohort of patients with PPBL included in the French national registry. Material and methods: An anonymous questionnaire following the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine\/National Academy of Medicine for screening of the new SEID criteria was created in French and mailed to 50 patients. Results: Thirty-nine (78%) contacted patients responded. The studied population was mainly constituted of women (90%) with an average age of 50 (18\u201359) years. Smoking was a constant factor in all patients. A total of 28\/39 (72%) respondents met the SEID symptoms criteria. Severe chronic fatigue for more than 6 months was noted in 36\/39 cases (92%). Unrefreshing sleep, post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment, and orthostatic intolerance were described in 30\/39 (77%), 32\/39 (82%), 28\/39 (72%), and 27\/39 (69%) cases, respectively. Pain (arthralgia, myalgia, headache) was present in 26\/39 (67%) cases. The most prominent SEID symptoms were fatigue, followed by post-exercise discomfort and cognitive difficulties. The most disabling symptom was non-restorative sleep, followed by pain. An inflammatory and\/or autoimmune context was noted in 13 patients (33%), and these comorbidities could have favored the deterioration of the general condition. Three patients also presented with fibromyalgia. However, 3 patients did not mention any complaints. Conclusion: This survey indicated that patients with PPBL most often initially presented with disabling chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and other symptoms suggestive of SEID but requiring more studies to confirm it. Education of medical staff about the symptoms of PPBL should be encouraged to better assess this peculiar condition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10153374","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,29]],"date-time":"2021-07-29T21:21:21Z","timestamp":1627593681000},"page":"3374","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Patients with Persistent Polyclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis Share the Symptomatic Criteria of Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Romain","family":"Morizot","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Services d\u2019H\u00e9matologie Clinique et Biologique, CHRU de Nancy, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2998-2207","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean-Dominique","family":"de Korwin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"D\u00e9partement de M\u00e9decine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, CHRU de Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Feugier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Services d\u2019H\u00e9matologie Clinique et Biologique, CHRU de Nancy, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julien","family":"Bros\u00e9us","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Services d\u2019H\u00e9matologie Clinique et Biologique, CHRU de Nancy, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xavier","family":"Troussard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire d\u2019H\u00e9matologie, CHU de Caen, 14033 Caen, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5541-2852","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Lesesve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Services d\u2019H\u00e9matologie Clinique et Biologique, CHRU de Nancy, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"232","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198207223070407","article-title":"Persistent polyclonal lymphocytosis of B lymphocytes","volume":"307","author":"Gordon","year":"1982","journal-title":"N. 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