Gulf War syndrome
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Etiology
- unknown
- associated with number of vaccines received (OR 1.8)
- associated with knowing someone who believed they had the syndrome (odds ratio 3.9)
- hypothesized agents
Clinical manifestations
Management
- treat PTSD
- doxycycline of no benefit[3]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Journal Watch 21(20):165, 2001 Chalder et al, BMJ 323:473, 2001
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eisen SA et al Gulf War Veterans' Health: Medical Evaluation of a US Cohort Annals of Internal Medicine 2005, 142:881
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Donta ST et al, Benefits and Harms of Doxycycline Treatment for Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Annals of Internal Medicine 2004, 141:85