"Persian Gulf Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D018923
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C24.653
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Persian Gulf Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Obesity Worsens Gulf War Illness Symptom Persistence Pathology by Linking Altered Gut Microbiome Species to Long-Term Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Neuronal Inflammation in a Mouse Model. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 10; 12(9).
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Gut DNA Virome Diversity and Its Association with Host Bacteria Regulate Inflammatory Phenotype and Neuronal Immunotoxicity in Experimental Gulf War Illness. Viruses. 2019 10 21; 11(10).
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The Gut-Microbiome in Gulf War Veterans: A Preliminary Report. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 10 04; 16(19).
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Increased butyrate priming in the gut stalls microbiome associated-gastrointestinal inflammation and hepatic metabolic reprogramming in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018 07 01; 350:64-77.
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Altered gut microbiome in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness causes neuroinflammation and intestinal injury via leaky gut and TLR4 activation. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0172914.
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N,N,-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) suppresses humoral immunological function in B6C3F1 mice. Toxicol Sci. 2009 Mar; 108(1):110-23.
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Spatial analysis of the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War veterans. Neurotoxicology. 2008 Nov; 29(6):964-70.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War veterans: evidence for a time-limited outbreak. Neuroepidemiology. 2008; 31(1):28-32.
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Chronic widespread pain in veterans of the first Gulf War: impact of deployment status and associated health effects. J Pain. 2007 Dec; 8(12):954-61.
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Prospective study of military service and mortality from ALS. Neurology. 2005 Jul 12; 65(1):180-1; author reply 180-1.