Computational modeling-directed combination treatment with etanercept and mifepristone mitigates neuroinflammation in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. [PDF]
PLoS ONEGulf War Illness is a chronic multi-symptom disorder experienced by over 30% of veterans from the 1990-1991 Gulf War and is increasingly recognized to be driven by underlying persistent neuroinflammation resulting from chemical and physiological ...
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Association of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hyperlipidemia With Gulf War Illness Among Gulf War Veterans [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Approximately 30% of the 700 000 Gulf War veterans report a chronic symptom‐based illness of varying severity referred to as Gulf War illness (GWI).
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Self-reported ill health in male UK Gulf War veterans: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2004 Background Forces deployed to the first Gulf War report more ill health than veterans who did not serve there. Many studies of post-Gulf morbidity are based on relatively small sample sizes and selection bias is often a concern.
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Epigenetic study of the long-term effects of gulf War illness [PDF]
Frontiers in GeneticsIntroductionGulf War Illness is a chronic multisymptomatic disorder that affects as many as 25-35% of the military personnel who were sent to the Persian Gulf war in 1991.
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Association of deployment characteristics and exposures with persistent ill health among 1990-1991 Gulf War veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground Veterans of the 1990–1991 Gulf War have experienced excess health problems, most prominently the multisymptom condition Gulf War illness (GWI).
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Adaptive Immune Responses Associated with the Central Nervous System Pathology of Gulf War Illness
Neuroscience Insights, 2021 Gulf War Illness is a multisymptomatic condition which affects 30% of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War. While there is evidence for a role of peripheral cellular and humoral adaptive immune responses in Gulf War Illness, a potential role of the adaptive ...
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Historia: Jurnal Pendidikan Sejarah FKIP UM Metro, 2022 The purpose of this study is to describe the background of the First Gulf War in 1980-1988, the involvement of the United States in the economic field in the First Gulf War in 1980-1988, the involvement of the United States in the military field in the ...
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BMJ, 1997 It is six years since the end of the Persian Gulf war, and we are just beginning to see the publication of scientific research addressing the long term health of those who took part. The four papers on this topic in last week's JAMA 1 2 3 4 are therefore of considerable interest.
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Grappling with Gulf War Illness: Perspectives of Gulf War Providers [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Background: Although the Gulf War occurred almost 30 years ago, the chronic symptoms of Gulf War illness (GWI), which include respiratory, gastrointestinal, and skin problems, as well as fatigue, pain, and mood alterations, currently affect over 200,000 veterans. Meanwhile, healthcare providers lack clear guidelines about how to best treat this illness.
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Advancing the Role of Neuroimmunity and Genetic Susceptibility in Gulf War Illness
Brain Sciences, 2022 Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic multi-symptom disorder affecting as many as 30% of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War [...]
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