Gulf War syndrome: Is it due to a systemic shift in cytokine balance towards a Th2 profile?

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9068, 1997, Pages 1831-1833

  Rook, Graham A W ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; CYTOKINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOOD; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; STRESS; SYMPTOM; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030983641     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01164-1     Document Type: Note

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