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Occupational Diseases > Persian Gulf Syndrome
Wounds and Injuries > War-Related Injuries > Persian Gulf Syndrome
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Persian Gulf Syndrome  

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Entry terms

  • Gulf War Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Gulf War

Note

  • coord IM with specific dis or manifest (IM)

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018923

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