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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, Ian Robey, Thor D. Stein, Bertrand R. Huber, Jessica Riley, Nazifa Abdul Rauf, Keith R. Spencer, Gabriel Walt, Latease Adams, James G. Averill, Sean Walker, Ann C. McKee, Stephen P. Thomson, Neil W. Kowall   +13 more
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Association between deployment and Gulf War Illness and adverse COVID outcomes in a nationwide cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf Era war veterans in the VA's Million Veteran Program. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundU.S. military veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf to serve in the 1990-1991 Gulf War (GWVs) have expressed concerns about potential increased risk of experiencing adverse COVID-related health outcomes given broad near-unique exposure to ...
Donna L White, Alice B S NonoDjotsa, Sarah T Ahmed, Stephen H Boyle, J Michael Gaziano, Andrew D Thompson, Melissa G Johnson, Elizabeth J Gifford, Renato Polimanti, Mihaela Aslan, Elizabeth R Hauser, Drew A Helmer, Million Veterans Program (MVP)   +12 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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Treatment and life goals among veterans with Gulf War illness. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS), also termed persistent physical symptoms, are both prevalent and disabling. Yet treatments for MUS are marked by high rates of patient dissatisfaction, as well as disagreement between patients and providers on the ...
Nicole Sullivan, Hannah Schorpp, Sarah Crosky, Scott Thien, Drew A Helmer, David R Litke, Wilfred R Pigeon, Karen S Quigley, Lisa M McAndrew   +8 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, Zeng Xiao-R, Lonergan William, Fletcher Mary, Whistler Toni, LaPerriere Arthur, Vernon Suzanne D, Klimas Nancy G   +7 more
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Multiple Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Associated with Increased Rates of Health Symptoms and Gulf War Illness in a Cohort of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans

Brain Sciences, 2017
Recent research demonstrated a relation between traumatic brain injury (TBI), health symptoms and diagnosis of Gulf War Illness (GWI) in Gulf War Veterans, but no study has examined the impact of multiple mild TBIs (mTBIs).
Megan K. Yee, Patricia A. Janulewicz, Daniel R. Seichepine, Kimberly A. Sullivan, Susan P. Proctor, Maxine H. Krengel   +5 more
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“Treat us Like Human Beings”: Messages and Recommendations to U.S. Policymakers and Veterans Health Administration Providers from a Qualitative Inquiry Into the Health Experiences of Gulf War Veterans With Gulf War Illness [PDF]

Journal of Patient Experience
Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects many U.S. Veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War (GWVs), yet recognition of the condition and effective treatments remain limited.
Kara A. Montague MA, Megan Lafferty PhD, Michael Graham MLS, Shannon M. Nugent PhD   +3 more
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Olfactory and cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans with gulf war illness/chronic multisymptom illness

Environmental Health
Background 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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A Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) Study of Gulf War Illness (GWI)

EBioMedicine, 2016
Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) has affected many Gulf War veterans. It involves several organs, most notably the brain. Neurological-cognitive-mood-related symptoms frequently dominate and are at the root of chronic ill-health and disability in GWI ...
Brian E. Engdahl, Lisa M. James, Ryan D. Miller, Arthur C. Leuthold, Scott M. Lewis, Adam F. Carpenter, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos   +6 more
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Longitudinal Patterns of Multimorbidity in Gulf War Era Veterans With and Without Gulf War Illness. [PDF]

J Aging Health
Objectives: To examine whether severe Gulf War illness (SGWI) case status was associated with longitudinal multimorbidity patterns. Methods: Participants were users of the Veteran Health Administration Health Care System drawn from the Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository
Thompson AD, Petry SE, Hauser ER, Boyle SH, Pathak GA, Upchurch J, Press A, Johnson MG, Sims KJ, Williams CD, Gifford EJ.   +10 more
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