Changes in immune parameters seen in Gulf War veterans but not in civilians with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-13

  Zhang, Quanwu ^a,b   Zhou, Xia Di ^c   Denny, Thomas ^a,b   Ottenweller, John E ^a,b   Lange, Gudrun ^a,b   LaManca, John J ^a,b   Lavietes, Marc H ^b   Pollet, Claudia ^a,b   Gause, William C ^a,c   Natelson, Benjamin H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; WAR;

EID: 0032902655     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.1.6-13.1999     Document Type: Article

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