"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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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 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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Mawson AR, Croft AM. Gulf War Illness: Unifying Hypothesis for a Continuing Health Problem. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 01 03; 16(1).
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Henderson RF, Barr EB, Blackwell WB, Clark CR, Conn CA, Kalra R, March TH, Sopori ML, Tesfaigzi Y, M?nache MG, Mash DC, Dokladny K, Kozak W, Kozak A, Wachulec M, Rudolph K, Kluger MJ, Singh SP, Razani-Boroujerdi S, Langley RJ. Response of F344 rats to inhalation of subclinical levels of sarin: exploring potential causes of Gulf War illness. Toxicol Ind Health. 2001 Jun; 17(5-10):294-7.