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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 [...]
Kimberly Sullivan, James P. O’Callaghan   +1 more
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Impact of the first Gulf war on multiple sclerosis risk in Kuwait: a quasi-experimental study

BMC Neurology, 2023
Objective It has been reasoned that stressful life events tend to alter immune function thereby increasing the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS).
Saeed Akhtar, Jasem Y. Al-Hashel, Raed Alroughani   +2 more
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The impact of the tanker war on the Kuwaiti economy 1986-1988 [PDF]

مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2022
The Kuwaiti economy has suffered a lot as a result of the tanker war. The reason is that Kuwait is an oil state, that is, it is highly greedy for oil, due to its location on the Arabian Gulf and its proximity to the theater of military operations during ...
Ahmed Abduljabbar Freih
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The Innate Immune System and Inflammatory Priming: Potential Mechanistic Factors in Mood Disorders and Gulf War Illness

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Gulf War Illness is a chronic multisystem disorder affecting approximately a third of the Veterans of the Gulf War, manifesting with physical and mental health symptoms such as cognitive impairment, neurological abnormalities, and dysregulation of mood ...
Kyle J. Trageser, Maria Sebastian-Valverde, Sean X Naughton, Giulio Maria Pasinetti, Giulio Maria Pasinetti   +4 more
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The Gulf war syndrome [PDF]

BMJ, 1995
EDITOR,—Since my predecessor last wrote to the BMJ1 the number of patients concerned about their health in relation to service during the Gulf war in 1990-1 who have undergone systematic assessment by the defence medical services has risen to 200. Our assessment programme is being subjected to clinical audit by the Royal College of Physicians. When the
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Dichotomous factor analysis of symptoms reported by UK and US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

Population Health Metrics, 2004
Background Factor analysis is one of the most used statistical techniques to analyze the inter-relationships among symptoms reported by Gulf War veterans.
Hull Lisa, Unwin Catherine, Wessely Simon, Ismail Khalida, Nisenbaum Rosane, Reeves William C   +5 more
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Association of Gulf War Illness-Related Symptoms with Military Exposures among 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans Evaluated at the War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC)

Brain Sciences, 2022
Veterans with difficult-to-diagnose conditions who receive care in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system can be referred for evaluation at one of three specialty VA War-Related Illness and Injury Study Centers (WRIISC).
Sarah T. Ahmed, Lea Steele, Peter Richardson, Shree Nadkarni, Sandhya Bandi, Mazhgan Rowneki, Kellie J. Sims, Jacqueline Vahey, Elizabeth J. Gifford, Stephen H. Boyle, Theresa H. Nguyen, Alice Nono Djotsa, Donna L. White, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Helena Chandler, Jose-Miguel Yamal, Drew A. Helmer   +16 more
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The prevalence of headaches, pain, and other associated symptoms in different Persian Gulf deployment periods and deployment durations

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Objectives: This study aims to assess (1) the difference in the prevalence of headaches, pain, and other associated symptoms between Gulf War I (1990–1991) and Post-Gulf War I (1992–2015) veterans who served as active military personnel in the Persian ...
Karen Lei, Valerie Metzger-Smith, Shahrokh Golshan, Jennifer Javors, Albert Leung   +4 more
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Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

BMC Public Health, 2007
Background Since the 1991 Gulf War concerns have been raised about the effects of deployment to the Gulf War on veterans' health. Studies of the reproductive health of Gulf War veterans have reported varied findings.
Glass Deborah C, McKenzie Dean P, Forbes Andrew B, Ikin Jillian F, Sim Malcolm R, Kelsall Helen L, Ittak Peter   +6 more
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Bone and the Gulf War [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2002
Oesteoblasts—possible victims of the Gulf War? Compston and her colleagues have a deserved international reputation for their studies of bone turnover and altered bone cell function in skeletal disease. Recently, they have been approached to undertake studies of bone in groups of individuals concerned about the possible harmful effects on their bone ...
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