Supporting a Neuroimmune Basis of Gulf War Illness
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Article history: Received 25 October 2016 Accepted 25 October 2016 Available online 26 October 2016 chrony. The MEG signatures and their analyses by statistical heat mapping, approaches pioneered by this laboratory, have allowed for the separation of reported symptoms of GWI into distinct HLA and nonHLA related domains. These findings lend further credence to an immune/neuroimmune basis for the symptoms associated with GWI and link themwith the concepts of exposure/genetic interactions. However,
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