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Abstract
Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the Persian Gulf War with Iraq in 1991. The symptoms reported include fatigue, skin rash, muscle and joint pain, headaches, loss of memory, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, and extreme sensitivity to commonly occurring chemicals. (Nature 1994 May 5;369(6475):8)
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- Gulf War Syndrome
- Syndrome, Gulf War
- Syndrome, Persian Gulf
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coord IM with specific dis or manifest (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Persian Gulf Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018923. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018923
- Persian Gulf Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_syndrome
- Persian Gulf Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970826