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Descriptor English: Persian Gulf Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome del Golfo Pérsico
Descriptor síndrome del Golfo Pérsico
Entry term(s) síndrome de la Guerra del Golfo
Scope note: Síntomas inexplicables padecidos por veteranos de la Guerra del Golfo Pérsico con Iraq en 1991. Los síntomas incluyen fatiga, erupción cutánea, dolor muscular y articular, cefaleas, pérdida de memoria, falta de aire, síntomas gastrointestinales y respiratorios, y sensibilidad extrema a productos químicos comunes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome do Golfo Pérsico
Descriptor French: Syndrome de la guerre du Golfe
Entry term(s): Gulf War Syndrome
Syndrome, Gulf War
Syndrome, Persian Gulf
Tree number(s): C24.653
C26.946.500
I01.880.735.950.500.951.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018923
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)
Annotation: coord IM with specific dis or manifest (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32653
Unique ID: D018923
NLM Classification: WD 600
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Persian Gulf Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0028292
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)
Preferred term Persian Gulf Syndrome
Entry term(s) Gulf War Syndrome
Syndrome, Gulf War
Syndrome, Persian Gulf



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