"Persian Gulf Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the Persian Gulf War with Iraq in 1991. The symptoms reported include fatigue, skin rash, muscle and joint pain, headaches, loss of memory, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, and extreme sensitivity to commonly occurring chemicals. (Nature 1994 May 5;369(6475):8)
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D018923
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C24.653
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Persian Gulf Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Friedman L, Barach P, Brautbar N, Richter ED. Latency: an important consideration in gulf war syndrome. Neurotoxicology. 2007 Sep; 28(5):1043-4; author reply 1044-5.
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Donta ST, Clauw DJ, Engel CC, Guarino P, Peduzzi P, Williams DA, Skinner JS, Barkhuizen A, Taylor T, Kazis LE, Sogg S, Hunt SC, Dougherty CM, Richardson RD, Kunkel C, Rodriguez W, Alicea E, Chiliade P, Ryan M, Gray GC, Lutwick L, Norwood D, Smith S, Everson M, Blackburn W, Martin W, Griffiss JM, Cooper R, Renner E, Schmitt J, McMurtry C, Thakore M, Mori D, Kerns R, Park M, Pullman-Mooar S, Bernstein J, Hershberger P, Salisbury DC, Feussner JR. Cognitive behavioral therapy and aerobic exercise for Gulf War veterans' illnesses: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2003 Mar 19; 289(11):1396-404.
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Friedman LS, Brautbar N, Barach P, Wolfe AH, Richter ED. Creatine phosphate kinase elevations signaling muscle damage following exposures to anticholinesterases: 2 sentinel patients. Arch Environ Health. 2003 Mar; 58(3):167-71.