PON1 Status and Neurologic Symptom Complexes in Gulf War Veterans

PON1 status and neurologic symptom complexes in Gulf War veterans.

In a case of potential exposure to toxic chemicals, it is often difficult to dissect the genetic, physiological, and environmental factors that contribute to illness. A recently published paper (Haley et al. 1999) raises the possibility of a link between detoxication enzyme genotype/ phenotype and the risk of illness in Gulf War veterans. This work builds on a body of interesting data regarding...

Systematic review of multi-symptom conditions in Gulf War veterans.

BACKGROUND Gulf War veterans have a number of health complaints. We therefore decided to carry out a systematic review to identify and summarize the findings from studies that have assessed multi-symptom conditions in Gulf War veterans and in an unexposed comparison group. METHOD Studies published between January 1990 and May 2004 were identified by searching a large number of electronic data...

Prevalence of symptoms and symptom-based conditions among Gulf War veterans: current status of research findings.

1 Office of the Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 2 Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 3 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 4 Department ...

Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

In 1990 and 1991, approximately 697,000 U.S. troops were deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The United States suffered relatively few casualties during the brief air and ground war against Iraq. Since returning home, however, many veterans have developed illnesses that appear to be related to their military service in the Gulf. Researchers caution tha...

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