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Olfactory and cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans with gulf war illness/chronic multisymptom illness [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground Gulf War illness (GWI)/Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI) is a disorder related to military service in the 1991 Gulf War (GW). Prominent symptoms of GWI/CMI include fatigue, pain, and cognitive dysfunction.
Linda L. Chao
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Metabolic features of Gulf War illness. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundMore than 230,000 veterans-about 1/3 of US personnel deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War-developed chronic, multi-symptom health problems now called "Gulf War illness" (GWI), for which mechanisms and objective diagnostic signatures ...
Robert K Naviaux +8 more
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Biorepository: Supporting Research on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2021 Aims: To introduce a resource supporting research on Gulf War illness (GWI) and related disorders, the Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Biorepository (GWVIB). Methods: Gulf War era veterans (GWVs) are recruited nationally and enrolled via telephone and email/
Christopher B. Brady +13 more
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Impaired immune function in Gulf War Illness [PDF]
BMC Medical Genomics, 2009 Background Gulf War Illness (GWI) remains a serious health consequence for at least 11,000 veterans of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s. Our understanding of the health consequences that resulted remains inadequate, and this is of great concern with
Lin Jin-Mann +7 more
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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.
A, David, S, Ferry, S, Wessely
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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.
Kaimal, Girija +1 more
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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 ...
Aurore Nkiliza +7 more
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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 +1 more
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Reflections on Gulf War illness [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2006 Of Britain's recent wars, the Falklands campaign of 1982 was anomalous in many respects, fought to defend a colony with a small but a loyal population, 8000 miles away, but it was also relatively straightforward.
Wessely, Simon, Freedman, Lawrence
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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 +4 more
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